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| From | Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Bug#1061612: coreutils: cp -n deprecation warning gives questionable advice |
| Date | 2024-01-27 14:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <I0QBA-5VRQ-29@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Package: coreutils Version: 9.4-3+b1 ,---- | $ cp -n /bin/true tmp | cp: warning: behavior of -n is non-portable and may change in future; use --update=none instead `---- The advice to use the --update=none option is highly questionable, because this option is even less portable than -n. It is not available in coreutils older than 9.3 or in other cp implementations. The result is that package maintainers follow the deprecation advice likely without also introducing a versioned dependency on coreutils, causing problems for backports and partial upgrades. There is also one Debian port (hurd-i386) which does not even have a recent enough coreutils version. See 1061610 in debhelper, which I have just opened.
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Bug#1061612: coreutils: cp -n deprecation warning gives questionable advice Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2024-01-27 14:10 +0100
Bug#1061612: coreutils: cp -n deprecation warning gives questionable advice Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2024-01-27 17:10 +0100
Bug#1061612: coreutils: cp -n deprecation warning gives questionable advice Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> - 2024-01-28 13:30 +0100
Bug#1061612: coreutils: cp -n deprecation warning gives questionable advice Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2024-01-28 18:00 +0100
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