bug#73865: cp 9.1+ fails to overwrite existing files even with -f under Cygwin

On 2024-10-18 11:32, Paul Eggert wrote: On 2024-10-18 09:47, Brian Inglis wrote: Hi folks, Versions of coreutils cp from 9.1-9.5 have been failing with error message:  "cp: cannot create regular file '/tmp/b/c': File exists" to overwrite existing files even with -f under Cygwin. What do

bug#73865: cp 9.1+ fails to overwrite existing files even with -f under Cygwin

On 2024-10-29 11:42, brian.ing...@systematicsw.ab.ca wrote: I take it that should go into a different bug report OK, I'll follow up there and will close this bug report.

bug#74094: chgrp/chmod/chown fails to recognize "root" and respect --preserve-root under Cygwin

On 2024-10-29 11:57, Brian Inglis wrote: advice on how the commands are conceptually expected to deal with "root" and --preserve-root would be useful Presumably the way that "/" is treated on a GNU platform should be the way that a root filesystem is treated on Cygwin, even if that root files

bug#74094: chgrp/chmod/chown fails to recognize "root" and respect --preserve-root under Cygwin

Hi folks, I now appear to have the issue that the Cygwin emulated "root" is not being detected and handled properly, so during tests, chgrp/chown/chmod --preserve-root is being ignored, also presumably rm!, tests are taking forever, and all my account and CI system mount points are being trash