Bug#741390: [coreutils] cp does not copy directories by default

2014-03-17 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Hi Bob, On 2014-03-12 02:09, Bob Proulx wrote: Hi Filipus, Filipus Klutiero wrote: Right. It could be cp [-R|-a|-r] [OPTION]... FILE... DIRECTORY cp [OPTION]... REGULAR-FILE... DIRECTORY But then, there are more file types than regular files and directories, so that probably wouldn't be perf

Bug#741390: [coreutils] cp does not copy directories by default

2014-03-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Filipus, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Right. It could be > > cp [-R|-a|-r] [OPTION]... FILE... DIRECTORY > cp [OPTION]... REGULAR-FILE... DIRECTORY > > But then, there are more file types than regular files and > directories, so that probably wouldn't be perfect. I think keeping it generic with

Bug#741390: [coreutils] cp does not copy directories by default

2014-03-11 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Hi Bob, On 2014-03-11 23:58, Bob Proulx wrote: Filipus Klutiero wrote: Subject: cp does not copy directories by default Are you requesting that cp be changed to yes copy directories by default? Note that cp has never copied directories by default and therefore cannot now after 40 years of cur

Bug#741390: [coreutils] cp does not copy directories by default

2014-03-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Subject: cp does not copy directories by default Are you requesting that cp be changed to yes copy directories by default? Note that cp has never copied directories by default and therefore cannot now after 40 years of current behavior be changed to do so. > According t

Bug#741390: [coreutils] cp does not copy directories by default

2014-03-11 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Package: coreutils Version: 8.21-1 Severity: normal According to cp(1)'s manpage: cp - copy files and directories SYNOPSIS cp [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY cp [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE... DESCRIPTION Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to