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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tests/cp/cp-parents b/tests/cp/cp-parents
index 6d36e0396..183a77a20 100755
--- a/tests/cp/cp-parents
+++ b/tests/cp/cp-parents
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/sh
-# cp -a --parents dir-specified-with-trailing-slash/ other-dir
+# cp -R --parents dir-specified-with-trailing-slash/ other-dir
# would get a failed assertion.
if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ fi
fail=0
-cp --parents foo/ bar || fail=1
+# With 4.0.37 and earlier (back to when?), this would fail
+# with the failed assertion from dirname.c.
+cp -R --parents foo/ bar || fail=1
(exit $fail); exit