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@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@ +2007-11-22 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + cp: by default, refuse to copy through a dangling destination symlink + * NEWS: Mention this change. + * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe the new behavior. + * src/copy.c: No longer include "canonicalize.h". + (copy_reg): Upon failure to open a dangling destination symlink, + don't canonicalize the name, but rather fail (default) or, with + POSIXLY_CORRECT, repeat the open call without O_EXCL (potentially + dangerous). + * src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [open_dangling_dest_symlink]: + New member. Reorder the others, grouping "bool" and "enum" + members together. + * tests/cp/thru-dangling: Test for changed and new behavior. + * src/cp.c (cp_option_init): Initialize new member. + * src/install.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. + * src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. + 2007-11-21 Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> * doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Improve the |