Subject: Re: old cp not compatible with current namei()
To: proprietor - Foo Bar And Grill <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Klaus Klein <kleink@layla.inka.de>
List: current-users
Date: 05/19/1997 16:43:22
On Mon, 19 May 1997 06:25:54 -0700 (PDT)
proprietor - Foo Bar And Grill <greywolf@starwolf.com> wrote:
> Okay, while POSIX compatibility is a questionably desirable thing,
> has anyone fixed cp to be compatible with namei()?
>
> # cp netbsd /
> overwrite /netbsd? y
> cp: : No such file or directory
> #
This particular bug was fixed one day after committing the namei()
changes. As a sidenote, I've introduced another bug in cp(1) by
doing that, but today's supscan contains a fixed version.