Pádraig Brady wrote: > I was surprised that `cp --preserve=all file.xattr /dev/shm` produced no > warnings > In any case, this makes the docs match the behaviour.
>From the log of the change you quote, it's obvious this is the right change. Thanks! > Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix info to say cp -a does _not_ diagnose xattr failures > > The info docs have been inaccurate since 2009-04-17, commit 941bd482, > "mv: ignore xattr-preservation failure when not supported by filesystem" > * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Say that cp --preserve=all > does _not_ output errors when failing to copy xattrs.
