Bug 150951 – cp -L option is ignored if -l is used

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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

Priority	medium Severity low
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Assigned To:	Tim Waugh
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Reported:	2005-03-12 11:08 EST by Robin Green
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2005-03-14 07:17:53 EST
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Description Robin Green 2005-03-12 11:08:27 EST

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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 07:17:53 EST

Reported upstream.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-03/threads.html
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