Subject: Re: bug#32796: please consider using renameat2 from glibc if available

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:42:37 -0700

Johannes Schauer wrote:
> This problem could be solved by coreutils using the glibc renameat2 function in
> glibc version 2.28 and newer.

Yes, that's on my list of things to do. It's not high priority, though, so if 
you want it done faster you can write up and test the code and submit a patch 
(hint, hint).