Bug#340386: coreutils: cp -r 1/ 2/ no longer works

2005-11-25 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, 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. GNU implementation of

Bug#340386: coreutils: cp -r 1/ 2/ no longer works

2005-11-24 Thread Bob Proulx
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.

Bug#340386: coreutils: cp -r 1/ 2/ no longer works

2005-11-22 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Package: coreutils Version: 5.93-5 Hi, 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/