[dropping coreutils, and trimming content] On 01/09/2012 05:10 PM, Linda Walsh <cygwin AT tlinx.org wrote: >>> ok, at this point, I would consider it 'my bad, for using cp on >>> windows (it used to work without these issues, not sure what has >>> changed)... >> >> The problem is not in coreutils, but in your operating system's >> limitations, > --- > Can you read?
Yes, and I'm trying to set up my system to see if I can reproduce your report (I normally run my windows box case-sensitive, so I have to reboot before I can test your case, so it may be a while before I have a definitive answer). > I'm saying I DIDN'T ask it to copy links... so it should simple copied > case variations multiple times to the same target "dumbly" (like it used > to). > > Now it's "smarter"[sic]. and tries to copy links even when not told > to preserve links. There is definitely a possibility that one of my cygwin-specific patches to cp may have introduced a bug; I will double check that code to see if I might have broken things. What is the last version of 'cp' that you used in cygwin that did what you wanted, in case it was a recent regression on my part? > > Can you explain why case insensitivity in the target would cause it > to 'preserve links' when not told to? This could also be an issue in cygwin1.dll itself; affecting more than just cp, but to know that for sure, we need a reproducible test case. It would help if you could minimize things down to as few files as possible (shell steps to create a single directory with two hard-linked names on the source, rather than making us guess at the entire contents of the entire fonts hierarchy that you originally noticed the issue on). -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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