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cp: Fix --no-dereference --parents with symlink source by julian-klode · Pull Request #8331 · uutils/coreutils

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If the source is a symbolic link pointing at a directory, --parents was ignored, as we entered the "copy as directory" code path.

Fixes: #8330

@julian-klode

Amended with more sensible file names for the test case :D

If the source is a symbolic link pointing at a directory,
--parents was ignored, as we entered the "copy as directory"
code path.

Fixes: uutils#8330

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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/misc/stdbuf (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)
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