GNU bug report logs - #11100
Racy code in copy.c

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Philipp Thomas <pth <at> suse.de>

Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 11074

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 11100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philipp Thomas <pth <at> suse.de>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 11100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Neil F Brown <nfbrown <at> suse.com>
Subject: Re: bug#11100: Racy code in copy.c
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:03:05 +0200

Hi Jim,

* Jim Meyering (jim <at> meyering.net) [20120327 15:40]:

> If you can find a way to make cp work sensibly in your specific case,
> yet without impacting any other use case, please let us know.

Thanks for the clarification! In that light though I doubt there is a way :(

Philipp
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