GNU bug report logs - #9170
[PATCH] cp "restores" permissions it never set

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eric Lammerts <eric <at> lammerts.org>

Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:49:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 9170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 9170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9170: [PATCH] cp "restores" permissions it never set
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:20:52 -0700

On 07/26/11 00:08, Jim Meyering wrote:

> Do you feel like tracking down the point at which
> the bug was introduced to mention it in NEWS?

To be honest, I prefer thinking about the future
to worrying about the past.  Could we just omit
that part of the announcement?  If someone cares
about the past, they can look it up.
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