openSUSE Recommended Update: coreutils: 'cp -al' does not preserve timestamps of symlinks ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2011:0713-1 Rating: low References: #696389 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: cp -a --link would not create a hardlink to a symlink, instead copying the symlink and then not preserving its timestamp. Bug introduced in coreutils-8.0. Fixed by this update. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch coreutils-4777 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): coreutils-8.9-7.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (noarch): coreutils-lang-8.9-7.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/696389