mc 4.5.55 bug with copying folder over file with the same name.

Andrew V. Samoilov sav at it.efp.com.ua
Thu Feb 7 09:35:56 UTC 2002


Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> 
>>Bug: Try to copy folder "dir1" into folder "dir2" containing regular
>>---  file named "dir1".
>>     1. mc will not report any error.
>>     2. You will see that "dir1" file attributes were rewritten with
>>        attributes of folder "dir1".
>>     3. Moreover if you will try to move the folder instead of copy,
>>        it will be lost without any warning...
>>
> 
> This bug appears to be fixed in the current code.  I could not reproduce 
> it with the CVS version of MC.

Fixed in CVS on January 15, 2002.
See
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2002-January/msg00022.html
for patch.




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