Subject: RE: bug#8419: cp -au : New hard links in source becomes new files at destination when using cp -au

From: "Voelker, Bernhard" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:01:29 +0200

Jim Meyering wrote:

>Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
>> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> +        create_hard_link:;
>>
>> Is there a specific reason for the additional empty statement?
>>
>> Also seen in:
>>   find . -name '*.c' | xargs grep ':;'
>>   ./src/head.c:    free_mem:;
>>   ./src/kill.c: no_more_options:;
>>   ./src/od.c:cleanup:;
>>   ./src/paste.c: done:;
>>   ./src/printf.c:        no_more_flag_characters:;
>
> Yes.
> It won't compile without that, since the thing right after
> it is a declaration, and not a statement.

ah, yes, there's a bool following - it's not my best day.

But it's not necessary in the other cases.
I've sent a patch for this in a separate mail to [email-masked].

Have a nice day,
Berny