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Description: revert cp -n behavior to debian 12 and prior
Author: Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/1058752
Index: coreutils-9.4/src/cp.c
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--- coreutils-9.4.orig/src/cp.c 2024-01-02 08:48:03.483257638 -0500
+++ coreutils-9.4/src/cp.c 2024-01-02 08:49:03.994219898 -0500
@@ -192,8 +192,9 @@
-L, --dereference always follow symbolic links in SOURCE\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
- -n, --no-clobber do not overwrite an existing file (overrides a\n\
- -u or previous -i option). See also --update\n\
+ -n, --no-clobber do not overwrite an existing file and do not fail\n\
+ (overrides a -u or previous -i option). See also\n\
+ --update; equivalent to --update=none.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-P, --no-dereference never follow symbolic links in SOURCE\n\
@@ -1067,7 +1068,9 @@
break;
case 'n':
- x.interactive = I_ALWAYS_NO;
+ x.interactive = I_ALWAYS_SKIP;
+ x.update = false;
+ error (0, 0, _("warning: behavior of -n is non-portable and may change in future; use --update=none instead"));
break;
case 'P':
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