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
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.
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/
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