Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> Constructs like
> cp -al oprofile{,--}/
> cp -al oprofile/ oprofile--/
> now fail if the target DIRECTORY do not exist (they used to work on sarge
> system)
>
> cp -al oprofile{,--}
> cp -al oprofile oprofile--
> cp -al oprofile/ oprofile--
> Works.
>
> I cannot find references to this changes in NEWS file,
> and I am wondering if it's an intended change in behavior or not.
This is the same as Bug#339461.
POSIX requires the behavior that trailing slashes push into the
directory. If a trailing slash is explicitly stated then the name
must be a directory or it is an error. The behavior in woody is a
bug in the woody version.
Bob
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