Package: coreutils Version: 9.1-1 Version: 9.4-3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
$ > f
$ > g.~0~
$ ln -v --backup=existing f g
'g' => 'f'
$ ln -v --backup=existing f g
'g~' ~ 'g' => 'f'
$ > g.~1~
$ ln -v --backup=existing f g
'g.~2~' ~ 'g' => 'f'
Quoth ln(1)
existing, nil
numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
so this is obviously wrong.
I tried to consult /usr/share/info/coreutils.info.gz
but that also doesn't describe the backup scheme.
Well, except calling it similar to Emacs, which is hardly relevant.
Best,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: x32 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: amd64, i386
Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_FORCED_MODULE,
TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages coreutils depends on:
ii libacl1 2.3.2-1
ii libattr1 1:2.5.2-1
ii libc6 2.38-13
ii libgmp10 2:6.3.0+dfsg-2
ii libselinux1 3.5-2
ii libssl3t64 [libssl3] 3.1.5-1.1
coreutils recommends no packages.
coreutils suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
