GNU bug report logs - #74094
chgrp/chmod/chown fails to recognize "root" and respect --preserve-root under Cygwin

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Brian.Inglis <at> SystematicSW.ab.ca
Cc: 74094 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Subject: bug#74094: chgrp/chmod/chown fails to recognize "root" and respect --preserve-root under Cygwin
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:25:46 -0700

On 2024-10-29 11:57, Brian Inglis wrote:
> advice on how the commands are conceptually expected to deal with "root" 
> and --preserve-root would be useful

Presumably the way that "/" is treated on a GNU platform should be the 
way that a root filesystem is treated on Cygwin, even if that root 
filesystem isn't named "/".

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