GNU bug report logs - #61035
[PATCH] cp: improve help regarding ACLs

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Ondrej Valousek <ondrej.valousek.xm <at> renesas.com>

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:45:02 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 #26 received at 61035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ondrej Valousek <ondrej.valousek.xm <at> renesas.com>,
 "61035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <61035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#61035: [PATCH] cp: improve help regarding ACLs
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:01:45 -0800

On 2023-01-25 13:56, Ondrej Valousek wrote:
> But it's not the same meaning. What I am trying to explain here is that
> 
> Cp -p (or cp --preserve=mode) also retains ACLs. This fact is not obvious, but yet it's happening

Then I'm afraid I don't understand. In what sense do ACLs differ from 
xattr here?
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