Bug 150951 - cp -L option is ignored if -l is used
Summary: cp -L option is ignored if -l is used
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: coreutils (Show other bugs)
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Version: 3
Hardware: i386 Linux
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Assignee: Tim Waugh
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Reported: 2005-03-12 16:08 UTC by Robin Green
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-03-14 12:17:53 UTC
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Description Robin Green 2005-03-12 16:08:27 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The info page for cp says that the -L option will always dereference symbolic links. However, it does not do so if the -l option is also used.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils-5.2.1-31

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. cp -lL /lib/libc.so.6 /tmp
2. ls -l /tmp/libc.so.6


Actual Results:  lrwxrwxrwx  3 root root 13 Mar 12 09:04 /tmp/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.3.4.so


Expected Results:  -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 1509072 Mar 12 11:06 /tmp/libc.so.6


Additional info:

The expected result obtains if the -l option is omitted.
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2005-03-14 12:17:53 UTC 
Reported upstream.

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