GNU bug report logs - #9513
cp -p fails to preserve permissions

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Charles ELSAESSER WebmailOrange <charles.elsaesser <at> wanadoo.fr>

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:24:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 9513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9513: improvement remark for "cp"
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 21:10:36 -0600

close 9513
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 13/11/11 04:48 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 09/15/11 05:23, Charles ELSAESSER WebmailOrange wrote:
>>> cp -p file1 file2
>>>
>>> does not preserve timestamp.
>>
>> That looks like a bug.
>>
>> Can you please try it with coreutils 8.13?  That has some
>> fixes in this area; the version you're using (8.4) is a bit old.
>>
> Hello Charles,
> The latest release is now coreutils-8.14.
> Would you please try to reproduce the problem using that version
> and send us the information that Paul requested?
> 


With no follow-ups in 7 years, I'm closing this bug.

-assaf
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 270 days ago.

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