Re: [PATCH] doc: mention the new mirroring behavior of cp -au

[Pádraig Brady]

On 07/31/2011 10:31 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> I'm still not sure about this new partial mirroring behaviour of
>> cp -au, but I don't know how to avoid it. The attached patch at least
>> documents the change.
> 
> Thanks.  I should have done that.
> 
>> Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention the new mirroring behavior of cp -au
>>
>> * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
>> * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Likewise.
>> ---
>>  NEWS               |    3 +++
>>  doc/coreutils.texi |    6 ++++--
>>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index 291ce13..5c957c5 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- 
>> outline -*-
>>    chmod, chown and chgrp now output the original attributes in messages,
>>    when -v or -c specified.
>>
>> +  cp -au (where --preserve=links is implicit) now replaces possibly newer
> 
> s/now replaces/may now replace/ ?
> 
> ...since whether it replaces them depends on the order
> in which readdir processes entries in the containing directory.

I considered that but thought it might be too detailed
for those consuming the (tex)info. It's better to err
on the side of accuracy though, so I'll amend.

cheers,
Pádraig.