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cp -p fails to preserve permissions

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Message #8 received at 9513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Charles ELSAESSER WebmailOrange <charles.elsaesser <at> wanadoo.fr>
Cc: 9513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9513: improvement remark for "cp"
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:41:52 -0700

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.

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.13.tar.gz

If you're still seeing the problem with 8.13, can you
please send your config.log (when building coreutils)
and the output of the shell command "strace cp -p file1 file2"?
Thanks.

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