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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1999-12-05 15:13:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1999-12-05 15:13:40 +0000 |
| commit | ff8f4dde22a42324ec16eb834dd55fbe50c82fd7 (patch) | |
| tree | 59576be544c316b2043fba0b038a2f3a5c3e9191 /old | |
| parent | f880990daf70fa2427c5aeece3443c40e1375cbb (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-ff8f4dde22a42324ec16eb834dd55fbe50c82fd7.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog index cae3b0864..5ccf52192 100644 --- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog +++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,21 @@ 1999-12-04 Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com> - * Version 4.0k. + * tests/mv/into-self-2: Adapt to reflect this change in behavior. + Make sure the VERSION_CONTROL envvar is not set. + Run diff if comparison fails. + + * src/copy.c (copy_internal): In move mode, if the rename attempt + fails, then unlink any existing destination file. This makes a + cross-device `mv' more consistent with the intra-device behavior. + This change is required by POSIX to make a cross-device move act with + semantics similar to those of the rename syscall. For example now + `mv' can move a file onto a symlink to itself when that symlink + is on a separate partition. With fileutils-4.0j, it would fail with + a diagnostic saying they were the same file. + Reported by Bruno Haible. + + * tests/mv/to-symlink: New file. Adds test for the above. + * tests/mv/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add to-symlink. * tests/cp/cp-mv-backup (trap): Be careful to close $actual before removing the containing directory. Otherwise, on some systems rmdir @@ -27,18 +42,6 @@ saved value if a subsequent fstat, stat or utime call fails. Reported by Wichert Akkerman via Michael Stone. -1999-11-29 Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com> - - * tests/mv/into-self-2: Adapt to reflect this change in behavior. - Make sure the VERSION_CONTROL envvar is not set. - Run diff if comparison fails. - - * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Be consistent with intra-device behavior - and *do* allow `mv' to move a file onto a symlink to itself when that - symlink is on a separate partition. With fileutils-4.0j, it would - fail with a diagnostic saying they were the same file. - Reported by Bruno Haible. - 1999-11-27 Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com> Clean up test scripts. |