Hi, A while back a request was made to improve the documentation of the `install --compare` cmd:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-09/msg00029.html It seems the wording in `coreutils.texi` has been updated since (https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/c8ac385299950ba84eb8c33f7e32e4d85b18e3ff ) but the manpage and `--help` as of coreutils v8.32 still leave things vague: > compare each pair of source and destination files, and in some cases, do not modify the destination at all Florain Schlichting at the time of the request suggested this wording instead: > compare each pair of source and destination files, and if identical (by content, ownership and mode), do not copy to preserve mtime It looks like a patch was made but somehow never made it into the codebase. Please could the manpage and help be updated with this wording so users can understand more readily what compare will do? Thanks Ian
