> On 31 Dec 2022, at 19:20, Bogdan wrote:
>
> Karl Berry , Sat Dec 31 2022 03:30:42 GMT+0100 (Central
> European Standard Time)
> [snip]
>
>> For the same reason, it is good to explicitly cc a bug's originator and
>> anyone else who has contributed to the bug, if you happen to have them.
>
>
FWIW, as a user I think this is the expected behavior. The option is
named --add-missing, so if the file is not missing, I expect nothing to
happen.
I more or less agree, but the original suggestion from Ben
(https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=33573) was for
--add-missing
Hi both,
On 1/1/23 05:20, Bogdan wrote:
Karl Berry , Sat Dec 31 2022 03:30:42 GMT+0100
(Central European Standard Time)
Hi Bogdan,
Someone reported a bug for this, so I simply gave it a try.
Thank you! I didn't realize you were working on some of the old bugs.
That is great!
:)
To
Karl Berry , Sat Dec 31 2022 03:30:42 GMT+0100
(Central European Standard Time)
Hi Bogdan,
Someone reported a bug for this, so I simply gave it a try.
Thank you! I didn't realize you were working on some of the old bugs.
That is great!
:)
To bring this one in particular to fruition:
Hi Bogdan,
Someone reported a bug for this, so I simply gave it a try.
Thank you! I didn't realize you were working on some of the old bugs.
That is great!
To bring this one in particular to fruition: can you check what happens
when -c -a would need to overwrite a symlink? I think it should
Karl Berry , Fri Dec 30 2022 00:33:03 GMT+0100
(Central European Standard Time)
Another simple patch from my side: when '--copy' given to
'--add-missing', copy the standard files even if symlinks already exist.
I am not sure about changing the behavior here. Although the behavior
you p
Another simple patch from my side: when '--copy' given to
'--add-missing', copy the standard files even if symlinks already exist.
I am not sure about changing the behavior here. Although the behavior
you propose is plausible, I fear that people might depend or expect on
failure if symlin
Hello, Automake gurus.
Another simple patch from my side: when '--copy' given to
'--add-missing', copy the standard files even if symlinks already exist.
Basically, the patch adds "if --copy given and a link exists, do NOT
exit" (+ a double-check of the object type if that would be needed on
