Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs

From	Thorsten Glaser <tg@evolvis.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs
Date	2023-11-11 01:50 +0100
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2023, Sven Joachim wrote:

>|   'cp -n' and 'mv -n' now exit with nonzero status if they skip their
>|   action because the destination exists, and likewise for 'cp -i',

Ouch! Nonzero? That’s harsh, and bad as it’s impossible to distinguish
between error and declining to copy/move.

There is a good example in diff(1) for how to handle this better:
use distinct errorlevels for each case.

Michael, could you perhaps throw that upstream?

bye,
//mirabilos
-- 
15:41⎜<Lo-lan-do:#fusionforge> Somebody write a testsuite for helloworld :-)

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Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs Konomi <konomikitten@gmail.com> - 2023-11-10 09:30 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating  coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2023-11-10 16:50 +0100
  Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2023-11-10 16:50 +0100
    Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs Thorsten Glaser <tg@evolvis.org> - 2023-11-11 01:50 +0100
      Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2023-11-11 08:40 +0100
      Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2024-01-03 23:10 +0100
        Bug#1055694: initramfs-tools: After updating coreutils cp: not replacing in console when running update-initramfs Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-01-04 01:10 +0100
  Bug#1055694: klibc-utils: Patch to fix cp warning "Mario Izquierdo (mariodebian)" <mariodebian@gmail.com> - 2023-12-07 10:50 +0100
    Bug#1055694: klibc-utils: Patch to fix cp warning Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-12-07 11:40 +0100
      Bug#1055694: klibc-utils: Patch to fix cp warning Florent 'Skia' Jacquet <florent.jacquet@canonical.com> - 2023-12-13 11:00 +0100
  Bug#1055694: marked as done (/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/klibc-utils:  cp: warning: behavior of -n is non-portable and may change in future; use  --update=none instead) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-02-21 15:40 +0100

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