bug#47151: cp --recursive funky behaviour

[Paul Eggert]

On 3/14/21 17:47, Tomas wrote:
> cd /tmp
> mkdir src
> touch src/a
> cp -r src dest
>
> #damn, I forgot a file
> touch src/b
> cp -r src dest
> ls dest
> # a dest

cp has behaved that way for ages, and is required to behave that way by 
POSIX, so this is not a bug. To sidestep the issue, you can use the -T 
option of GNU cp. Closing the bug report.