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[PATCH] doc: fix info to say cp -a does _not_ diagnose xattr failures

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Report bugs to <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#5775: [PATCH] doc: fix info to say cp -a does _not_ diagnose xattr failures
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:44:18 +0100

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I was surprised that `cp --preserve=all file.xattr /dev/shm` produced no warnings
> In any case, this makes the docs match the behaviour.

From the log of the change you quote, it's obvious this is the right change.
Thanks!

> Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix info to say cp -a does _not_ diagnose xattr failures
>
> The info docs have been inaccurate since 2009-04-17, commit 941bd482,
> "mv: ignore xattr-preservation failure when not supported by filesystem"
> * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Say that cp --preserve=all
> does _not_ output errors when failing to copy xattrs.

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