GNU bug report logs - #24400
cp: default to --reflink=auto?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 22:55:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 41944

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 24400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24400: cp: default to --reflink=auto?
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 19:18:22 -0700

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> It might not be an appropriate thing to do in a minor release.
> We're due one of those quite soon now, so I'd suggest waiting
> a short while before changing?

Sure, there's no rush, we can leave this bug open.

I just now installed a similar change into Emacs for its copy-file function, 
into the master branch that is (i.e., the release after next).
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