GNU bug report logs - #15173
[cp] --link overrides dereference settings

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Gian Piero Carrubba <gpiero <at> rm-rf.it>

Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Merged with 23120

Done: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #98 received at 15173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 15173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15173: [PATCH] cp: with --link always use linkat() if
 available
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:11:36 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
So while the above patch is probably correct, it's slightly risky
at this stage before a release.  Also the benefits are minimal as
the existing symlink to symlink emulation should be fine on the mentioned systems.

Therefore I'll go with the attached patch which fixes the test to run
on all platforms. The test failed on freebsd, aix and solaris previously,
and I've confirmed it now passes on all those.

cheers,
Pádraig.


[link-deref-compat.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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