GNU bug report logs - #63245
Potential regression: cp --preserve=mode or --preserve=all fails to copy files from subdirectory

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Schlomo Schapiro <schlomo <at> schapiro.org>

Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 12:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 63245 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 63245 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Schlomo Schapiro <schlomo <at> schapiro.org>
Subject: Re: bug#63245: Potential regression: cp --preserve=mode or
 --preserve=all fails to copy files from subdirectory
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 11:10:41 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 2023-05-03 09:39, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> The attached patch should address this in coreutils.

Thanks for fixing that. This area of the code is confusing, and I 
attempted to simplify/clarify slightly by installing the attached 
cleanup patch. This shouldn't affect behavior.
[0001-cp-p-parents-minor-cleanup-of-previous-patch.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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