GNU bug report logs - #28341
RFE: focusing on source vs. symptoms (reducing duplicate error ouput)

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Message #8 received at 28341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>, 28341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28341: RFE: focusing on source vs. symptoms (reducing
 duplicate error ouput)
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 10:38:25 -0700

L A Walsh wrote:
> If Target file system doesn't support preserving permissions,
> it would be more useful to issue 1 error message for the
> _source_ of the problem (the directory)

That would be more useful in some circumstances. However, I expect some people 
are used to the longstanding behavior, which is more in line with what POSIX 
requires. We could add an option to supress chatter, though.

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