cp,mv: preserve extended attributes even for read-only files

[platform/upstream/coreutils.git] / NEWS

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 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+** Bug fixes
+
+  cp --preserve=xattr and --archive now preserve extended attributes even
+  when the source file doesn't have write access.
+  [bug introduced in coreutils-7.1]
+
 ** Changes in behavior
 
   id no longer prints SELinux " context=..." when the POSIXLY_CORRECT