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>

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ondrej Valousek <ondrej.valousek.xm <at> renesas.com>, 61035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61035: [PATCH] cp: improve help regarding ACLs
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:23:55 -0800

On 1/24/23 00:42, Ondrej Valousek wrote:

> +"), stdout);
> +      fputs (_("\
> +\n\
> +--preserve=mode also copies ACLs but only if the destination filesystem\n\
> +supports ACLs of the same type (i.e. no Posix <> NFSv4 ACLs conversion)\n\

Doesn't the earlier part of the --help output already say something 
similar when it mentions xattr? It's OK for the --help output to be 
somewhat terse, with longwinded details in the manual.
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