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. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils