GNU bug report logs - #20775
cp: improve hardlink dups handling with "cp -a -u"

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Steffen Zahn <steffzahn <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 04:35:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #14 received at 20775 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Steffen Zahn <steffzahn <at> gmail.com>, "L. A. Walsh" <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>,
 20775 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 10471 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20775: cp -a -u destroys files after they are copied
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:10:52 -0700

Steffen Zahn wrote:
> it should be easy to repair

Really?  Without significantly affecting performance in the usual case?  Let's 
see a patch.
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