GNU bug report logs - #44770
chown: warn when encountering deprecated dot separator

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44770: closed (chown: warn when encountering deprecated dot
 separator)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 02:24:02 +0000

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: chown: warn about the dot when encountering it
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 05:17:49 +0800

Maybe print warning messages when encountering the dot,
(info "(coreutils) chown invocation")
Else Grandpa won't ever know,
https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/issues/468
until one day when it's too late...
(And his program starts messing things up on some other system.)



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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 44770-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: chown: warn when encountering deprecated dot separator
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:23:38 -0800

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Thanks for the suggestion. I installed the attached patches to do that.
[0001-build-update-gnulib-submodule-to-latest.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0002-chown-warn-about-USER.GROUP.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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