Re: [PATCH]cp --recursive fails unnecessarily when the names of the latter approach become very long

2007-12-05 Thread Jim Meyering
Cai Xianchao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The file TODO described a bug of cp (package:coreutils-6.9): > "cp --recursive: perform dir traversals in source and dest hierarchy > rather than forming full file names. The latter (current) approach > fails unnecessarily when the names become very long."

Re: [PATCH]cp --recursive fails unnecessarily when the names of the latter approach become very long

2007-12-05 Thread Li Zefan
Cai Xianchao 写道: > hi, > > The file TODO described a bug of cp (package:coreutils-6.9): > "cp --recursive: perform dir traversals in source and dest hierarchy > rather than forming full file names. The latter (current) approach > fails unnecessarily when the names become very long." > > We find t

Re: [PATCH]cp --recursive fails unnecessarily when the names of the latter approach become very long

2007-12-05 Thread Cai Xianchao
Jim Meyering 写道: Cai Xianchao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The file TODO described a bug of cp (package:coreutils-6.9): "cp --recursive: perform dir traversals in source and dest hierarchy rather than forming full file names. The latter (current) approach fails unnecessarily when the names beco

Re: [PATCH]cp --recursive fails unnecessarily when the names of the latter approach become very long

2007-12-05 Thread Jim Meyering
Cai Xianchao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your advice. > > We do not need the forms now. > We will pursue this work and write a copyright assignment on file after > we have improved the patch. Be aware that it can take several weeks for an assignment to be processed. So if you'd like me