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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2014-11-22 03:41:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2014-11-22 03:46:34 +0000 |
| commit | a78819af2873ea7b104366bf72af7c3e5b30782b (patch) | |
| tree | 78d69e4f3306ce613e62c519bbeb74351e49cd05 /NEWS | |
| parent | 57c8196ef6848962145a70dcc465c239a9998eea (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-a78819af2873ea7b104366bf72af7c3e5b30782b.tar.xz | |
tests: add a case verifying mv on case insensitive file systems
* NEWS: Update the recent entry to also mention the avoidance
of incorrectly unlinking a multi-hardlinked "source" file when
presented with source and dest that only differ in case.
* src/copy.c (same_file_ok): Mention the case issue with same_name().
* tests/mv/hardlink-case.sh: Test the issue on HFS+.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test case.
* tests/mv/vfat: Remove an old related but unused test case.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Changes in behavior - mv no longer supports moving a file to a hardlink, as currently that - is only supported through unlinking the source file. That's racy - in the presence of multiple mv instances, which could result in both - hardlinks being deleted. This feature was added in coreutils-5.0.1. + mv no longer supports moving a file to a hardlink, instead issuing an error. + The implementation was susceptible to races in the presence of multiple mv + instances, which could result in both hardlinks being deleted. Also on case + insensitive file systems like HFS, mv would just remove a hardlinked 'file' + if called like `mv file File`. The feature was added in coreutils-5.0.1. ** Improvements |