GNU bug report logs - #29961
[PATCH] mv: document the missing atomicity of 'mv -n'

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>

Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 15:03:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #50 received at 29961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>,
 Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 29961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29961: [PATCH] mv -n: do not overwrite the destination
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 12:10:01 -0800

Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> as we're changing the
> behavior for some cases - it would be good to also add some tests

That would make sense if the edge-case behavior was documented and the change is 
something that users could rely on. But the behavior is not documented, and I'm 
not sure we want to promise that the behavior won't change back. (Maybe I'm 
being too cautious?)
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