Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-updates (53 mails)

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   openSUSE Recommended Update: coreutils: 'cp -al' does not preserve 
timestamps of symlinks
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-RU-2011:0713-1
Rating:             low
References:         #696389 
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   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