GNU bug report logs - #5987
ready for 8.5?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:15:40 +0200

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> In view of the pending release, how about this NEWS fixup?
>
> commit 7dc398a30f9edee4af9d0676d7c682db0f83fa8d
> Author: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
> Date:   Wed Apr 21 07:50:39 2010 +0100
>
>     maint: update a couple of NEWS items for the pending release
>
>     * NEWS: Mention that cp and mv from the previous release did
>     not support preserving extended attributes (fixed in e489fd04).
>     Improve the grammar for the "cp capabilities" item.
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 32ea392..c27419c 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
>
>  ** Bug fixes
>
> -  cp now preserves "capabilities" also when preserving file ownership.
> +  cp and mv once again support preserving extended attributes.
> +  [bug introduced in coreutils-8.4]
> +
> +  cp now preserves "capabilities" when also preserving file ownership.

Good point.  Thanks!
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