Re: coreutils 5.3.0: cp --parents broken

[Andreas Schwab]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> 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:

Please make sure that /tmp/bin does not exist.

> Does your /bin have unusual permissions or attributes (a la lsattr or ACLs)?

Just the normal 755.

> For example, what does
>
>   strace -o log ./cp --parents /bin/cp /tmp
>
> put into the `log' file?

It's attached.

Andreas.

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Description: strace -o trace ./cp --parents /bin/cp /tmp