Linda Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed this incorrect error message in both, > > "coreutils 6.4-10 from opensuse10.2" > and > "coreutils-6.9-43 from opensuse10.3" > >> sudo touch /boot/test #note, "/boot" is separate partition >> (important) >> mv /boot/test /tmp > mv: cannot remove `/boot/test': Not a directory
Thanks for the report. There are at least two internal bugs that led to symptoms like that. I don't know about opensuse, but at least in upstream sources, the one fixed recently (2007-10-05, for 6.9.90) involved a source directory with the restricted-deletion flag. But I doubt your /boot partition is world writable. The other bug was fixed in coreutils-6.8. $ mv /boot/memtest86.bin /tmp mv: cannot remove `/boot/memtest86.bin': Permission denied [Exit 1] $ stat --format %d /boot /tmp 2055 2053 So if you can confirm one way or the other with upstream coreutils-6.9 or 6.9.90, it might help diagnose the problem for the opensuse. The latest release upstream is 6.9.91, a bug-fix-only one: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.9.91.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.9.91.tar.lzma _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
