Re: chown() problem in cp also
>>>>> "CCC" == Christopher C Chimelis <chris@classnet.med.miami.edu> writes:
CCC> Just thought I'd drop a line in as an update to the lchown()
CCC> vs chown() debate. It seems that "cp" also has the same
CCC> problem (which is why, as some of us have noticed, cp -a
CCC> doesn't work right when dealing with links at times). I'm
CCC> still waiting on recompiling glibc until the debate is
CCC> resolved and a proper patch is provided (that works). I can
CCC> (and should) recompiled fileutils shortly afterwards, so
Fileutils can be recompiled now - it should just need to be
configured on an lchown-aware system. It will probably be a good idea
to make it depend on whatever version of glibc first had the lchown
stub, though.
m.
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