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>

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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 78509 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78509: Coreutils' mv and cp 9.5 do not work properly on old PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11, Tiger
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 18:10:46 +0200

> Am 23.05.2025 um 16:52 schrieb Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>:
> 
> So presumingly it's not renameatu() but rather lib/targetdir.c:61:target_directory_operand (char const *file, struct stat *st) that is faulty…

In modern macOS target_directory_operand() returns -1, target_dirfd_valid(-1) evaluates to FALSE and so

   463               target_dirfd = fd;

never happens, hence target_directory_operand() needs to be debugged – tomorrow!

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  Pete

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