RE: cp.exe bug

["Ross Boulet" <ross at rossb dot com>]

> Problem:
> fileutils version 4.1-2, specifically: cp.exe does not work properly.
> 
> System Info:
> Windows 2000, Cygwin DLL version 1.5.7
> 
> Reproducing from prompt:
> prompt> cp some_file ./bin/
> 
> Output:
> cp: `some_file' and `./bin/some_file' are the same file
> 
> 
> Reproducing from within Makefile:
> cp ./some_dir/some_file ./bin/;
> 
> Make output:
> cp: `./some_dir/some_file' and `./bin/some_file' are the same file
> make: *** [install] Error 1
> 
> 
> Workaround:
> Reinstall fileutils 4.1-1
> 

WFM under XP with fileutils 4.1-2 and any one of cygwin dll 1.5.7 and the
last two snapshots (20040306 and 20040312).

I can re-create the error if I create a hard link in ./bin as shown in the
second example below:

$ echo aaa >foo
$ mkdir bar
$ cp foo ./bar/

The above works fine, but the following fails with your same error:

$ echo aaa >foo2
$ mkdir bar2
$ ln foo2 ./bar2/foo2
$ cp foo2 ./bar2/
cp: `foo2' and `./bar2/foo2' are the same file

You might check to ensure there is not a link in ./bin pointing to the same
file in the parent directory.

Ross



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