GNU bug report logs - #73865
cp 9.1+ fails to overwrite existing files even with -f under Cygwin

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Brian.Inglis <at> SystematicSW.ab.ca

Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:48:01 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 #8 received at 73865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Brian.Inglis <at> SystematicSW.ab.ca, 73865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Subject: Re: bug#73865: cp 9.1+ fails to overwrite existing files even with -f
 under Cygwin
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:32:07 -0700

On 2024-10-18 09:47, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Versions of coreutils cp from 9.1-9.5 have been failing with error message:
> 
>      "cp: cannot create regular file '/tmp/b/c': File exists"
> 
> to overwrite existing files even with -f under Cygwin.

What does strace say?
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