Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:17:59 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: standards@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch for cp(1) Message-ID: <200504011517.j31FHxTO084986@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050401191850.Q24028@delplex.bde.org> References: <20050330181904.16519571@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050331151908.498559bd@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050401191850.Q24028@delplex.bde.org>
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<<On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 20:43:02 +1000 (EST), Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> said: [cp -r] > I think we don't need to keep it except for POSIX compatibility. > New programs just shouldn't use cp -r. Old programs that use cp -r > shouldn't have its behaviour changed. I'm more concerned about humans. -GAWollman
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