Thanks for the report.
That's fixed in the latest test release.
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/
Whit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| With cp (4.0 - RedHat) I'm seeing the -x (stick to one file system) flag
| fail to work if invoked as "cp -ax / /mnt/tmp" (also fails as "cp -a -x" and
| as "cp -a --one-file-system"), however it does work when invoked "cp -xa
| / /mnt/tmp". This order dependence is not noted in the man page or help
| screen. Is this just something everyone is supposed to learn by trial and
| error? Or do I just have a weirdly jinxed copy of cp? If it is a general
| problem it should be fixed since it can lead to unintentionally filling a
| partition (it even created /mnt/tmp/mnt/tmp... on me).
| Not subscribed to this list, curious what the problem is if you'd cc me.
See the ChangeLog entries around April 1999.
