Re: Autoconf 2.52g is released

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 04:44:28PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote:
> >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Thomas> "cp -p" has some unfortunate side-effects (some versions copy
> Thomas> the ownership of the original file in addition to the
> Thomas> protection)
> 
> Do you have references for this?  This is typical information that
> must be double checked and included in autoconf.texi once certified.

not offhand.  I've run into it occasionally (for example, a few weeks ago
using IRIX 6.5).  Comparing, I see it is documented on Solaris, Tru64
(even Linux).  But relying on it is not portable (I recall that it wasn't
implemented on some older systems).

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