Re: coreutils 5.3.0: cp --parents broken

[Jim Meyering]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> $ ./cp --parents /bin/cp /tmp
> ./cp: failed to get attributes of `bin': No such file or directory

Thanks for the report.
I can't reproduce that:

  $ ./cp --parents /bin/cp /tmp
  $ find /tmp/bin
  /tmp/bin
  /tmp/bin/cp
  $

Would you please investigate it?
Does your /bin have unusual permissions or attributes (a la lsattr or ACLs)?
For example, what does

  strace -o log ./cp --parents /bin/cp /tmp

put into the `log' file?