GNU bug report logs - #65599
mv and cp give a pointless warning when moving/copying a directory

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>

Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 65599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 65599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65599: mv and cp give a pointless warning when moving/copying
 a directory
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 19:52:59 -0700

On 2023-09-01 16:12, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Well, you asked me to try it on / but / is an ext4 FS, not a CIFS FS
> on my system. Should I try it also on a directory inside the CIFS mount?

Yes please. If chmod also does not work coreutils might need more 
workarounds.
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