GNU bug report logs - #78509
Coreutils' mv and cp 9.5 do not work properly on old PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11, Tiger

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>

Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 16:13:04 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 #50 received at 78509 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
Cc: 78509 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78509: Coreutils' mv and cp 9.5 do not work properly on old
 PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11, Tiger
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 15:43:38 -0700

On 5/22/25 02:03, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Trying to open on Macs non-existent "/proc/self/fd" could cause a failure state suggesting mv to fchdir into a file, "out"…

Shouldn't be a problem, as when /proc/self/fd doesn't work, coreutils is 
supposed to fall back on older approaches (these have races but those 
issues shouldn't apply here).
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