bug#13601: mv should not silently lose file extended attributes

Andreas Schwab <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
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On Aug 15 2026, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Anyway, that issue is arguably addressed by wording added to the POSIX spec for utimensat some years ago at my suggestion, namely "The file's relevant timestamp shall be set to the greatest value supported by the file system that is not greater than the specified time."[1] It'd be odd if utimensat succeeded but mv warned anyway.

It's still failing "the duplication of the file characteristics [...]
for any reason".

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