GNU bug report logs - #61706
info page of cp contains error

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Martin Castillo <castilma <at> uni-bremen.de>

Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Martin Castillo <castilma <at> uni-bremen.de>
Subject: bug#61706: closed (Re: bug#61706: info page of cp contains error)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:25:03 +0000
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Your bug report

#61706: info page of cp contains error

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Martin Castillo <castilma <at> uni-bremen.de>, 61706-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61706: info page of cp contains error
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:24:46 +0000
On 22/02/2023 13:28, Martin Castillo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the info page of cp says
> 
>             Plain ‘--reflink’ is equivalent to ‘--reflink=when’.
> 
> but probably means
> 
>             Plain ‘--reflink’ is equivalent to ‘--reflink=always’.
> 
> Martin Castillo

Already fixed in https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/c7920f2b1

Marking this as done.

cheers,
Pádraig


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From: Martin Castillo <castilma <at> uni-bremen.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: info page of cp contains error
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:28:41 +0100
Hi,

the info page of cp says

          Plain ‘--reflink’ is equivalent to ‘--reflink=when’.

but probably means

          Plain ‘--reflink’ is equivalent to ‘--reflink=always’.

Martin Castillo




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