GNU bug report logs - #17138
cp: how to respect target symlinks?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 02:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: control <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 02:06:49 -0700

retitle 17138 cp: how to respect target symlinks?

retitle 17103 cp: "cp -al" doesn't copy symlinks, tries to link to them

retitle 15738 cp: "cp -a A B" doesn't reliably create 'B' as copy of A
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 158 days ago.

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