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Package: coreutils
Version: 5.96-5
Severity: normal
Hi,
It seems that there is an undocumented change in mv's behavior in versions
5.96-1 and later of coreutils.
To be brief :
- coreutils 5.94-1 :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# mkdir -p test1/test3 test2/test3; mv test2/* test1/
mv: cannot overwrite directory `test1/test3'
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp#
- coreutils 5.96-1 :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# mkdir -p test1/test3 test2/test3; mv test2/* test1/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp#
I don't know if it's a bug, and what is the expected behaviour, but I
think that it should be documented (maybe is there some scripts relying
on the old behaviour).
Regards.
--
Florent
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
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Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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Versions of packages coreutils depends on:
ii libacl1 2.2.39-1 Access control list shared library
ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries
coreutils recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 6.10-1
NEWS.gz now includes description of change to mv's behavior.
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