GNU bug report logs - #15232
cp: "-i a/s b/s c" ask for confirmation then still fails

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 07:40:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: jim <at> meyering.net
Cc: 15232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bob <at> proulx.com
Subject: bug#15232: cp -i a/s b/s c
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 05:02:25 +0800
>>>>> "JM" == Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:

JM> enough that without it, cp is vulnerable to a subtle type of exploit.

Well some word about this should be in some footnote in the cp INFO manual.




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