> Hi Bert, > > Thanks for the patch! > I'll review it Monday or Tuesday. Thanks.
> In the mean time, do you feel like writing the remaining > parts of such a change? > > > - mention this in NEWS: put it under Changes in behavior or Improvements > > - add tests of cp and ln that exercise the new behavior, i.e., > that fail with the current/old tools and pass with your changes > > - possibly adjust doc/coreutils.texi Sure I will, I just wanted to post the patch for discussion, as it seems to trivial from you first reply. Bert
