bug#41081: coreutils: cp is built without xattr support

Tim Komarov writes: > It's often very useful to run: > > # cp --preserve=xattr aaa.txt bbb.txt > Running this on Guix I get: > > cp: cannot preserve extended attributes, cp is built without xattr support Fixed on the 'core-updates' branch with commit 11ae7e9e45153b63c4bcd1625a6156da512d65a7

bug#41081: coreutils: cp is built without xattr support

Dear Michael, No, because it's the problem of cp command itself, it refuses to run the operation. xattrs are allowed by default in the mounted filesystem. Thanks! -- Best Regards,Timofey Komarov   04.05.2020, 19:51, "Michael Rohleder" :Tim Komarov writes: 

bug#41081: coreutils: cp is built without xattr support

Tim Komarov writes: > It's often very useful to run: > > # cp --preserve=xattr aaa.txt bbb.txt > Running this on Guix I get: > > cp: cannot preserve extended attributes, cp is built without xattr support Does it help/work if you mount the filesystem with "user_xattr" option? -- Fly Window

bug#41081: coreutils: cp is built without xattr support

It's often very useful to run: # cp --preserve=xattr aaa.txt  bbb.txtRunning this on Guix I get: cp: cannot preserve extended attributes, cp is built without xattr support I.e., it's used in Yocto build system. There is a workaround: https://github.com/mnd/guix-mnd-pkgs/blob/master/mnd/packages/cor