GNU bug report logs - #10471
Severe or critical - deletes existing files and leaves nothing. (cp)

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Message #22 received at 10471 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "L. A. Walsh" <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>, 10471 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10471: Severe or critical - deletes existing files and leaves
 nothing. (cp)
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 21:07:44 -0700

L. A. Walsh wrote:
> I was wondering if the changes to 'mv' might also have fixed this
> (10468/10471) bug.

Haven't a clue.  Why don't you try the bleeding-edge version of coreutils and 
see?  Presumably you have the oddball file system in question available, and can 
easily try it out.  (I don't have it, and I don't expect other maintainers to 
have it either.)

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