FS#74871 - [coreutils] version 9.1-1 has broken cp -ax

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Ioannis Kozanitis (giannis-arch) - Friday, 27 May 2022, 17:27 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 23:25 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The "cp" command, does not work any more, when it is used with -ax parameters

Additional info:
* coreutils 9.1-1
* Error message: It can not find folder
*

Steps to reproduce:
Install the archiso to the new root with to copy everything in the live environment to the new root.
Using the command cp -ax / /mnt
The error message is "it can not find folder" and then it mirrors itself, /mnt in /mnt ....
As a temporary solution, i tried to downgrade to coreutils version 9.0-2 and the problem solved...
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Closed by  Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 23:25 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  fixed in 9.2
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 29 July 2022, 06:15 GMT
Upstream fix [1] ?

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2022-06/msg00011.html
Comment by Ioannis Kozanitis (giannis-arch) - Friday, 29 July 2022, 10:30 GMT
This patch works perfectly. The package built without errors and the command "cp -ax / /mnt" works normally.

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