On 12/10/2010 09:41 PM, Garry Trethewey wrote: > 1) I can see the difference > - for (a /= res; a % 10 != 0; a /= 10) > + for (a /= res; a % 10 == 0; a /= 10) > but I'm just not that clever to apply a patch.
If you've built the software, then find the line that looks like the "-" line, and change it so that it looks like a "+" line. Then type "make". (If all this is beyond you, then don't worry too much; the bug will be fixed in the next version of coreutils.) > 2) I touch'ed a dest file so it's got tomorrow's date, > and cp -p still copies to it, although not updating (downdating?) it's > timestamp. That sounds very much like a bug, perhaps a different bug, though I'm afraid I can't reproduce it since I don't have your system.
