This is correct behaviour as per POSIX - it's how it should work! This is something that would be an upstream bug, but they will not want to change this behaviour.
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => jaduncan (jaduncan) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- incorrect cp(1) behaviour upon "mkdir foo; cp -r foo foo" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs