Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Peter Breitenlohner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> I cannot believe that the new behaviour is intentional, and IMHO it doesn't
>>> make much sense.
>>
>> Looking at the patch that changed the behavior:
>>
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-08/msg00285.html
>>
>> it appears you're right.
>
> This patch did not change the behaviour, it was already present before
> that (though implemented in a more roundabout way).  The real change has
> sneaked in with revision 1.197 of copy.c.

I haven't looked hard enough to be sure of the origin,
but that log entry is certainly incomplete.
I will update it.


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