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