Package: coreutils
Version: 5.2.1-2.1
Severity: normal

cp never preserves extended atrributes, either ACLs or user-defined:

$ echo foobar > foo
$ setfattr -n user.author -v "me" foo
$ setfacl -m u:root:rx foo
$ getfacl --skip-base foo ; getfattr -d foo
# file: foo
# owner: pierre
# group: pierre
user::rw-
user:root:r-x
group::---
mask::r-x
other::---

# file: foo
user.author="me"

$ cp foo bar
$ getfacl --skip-base bar ; getfattr -d bar

No output.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7
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Versions of packages coreutils depends on:
ii  libacl1                       2.2.32-1   Access control list shared library
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-6    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

coreutils recommends no packages.

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