bug(install): -t overwrites just-created 'z/a' with 'a'
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Description
Hi, uutils mainteners
that is a bug with the uu installs we confirmed
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ echo "test" > a
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ mkdir -p z/
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ ./install -g 1000 -t z a a
while the gnu install errors out
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ gnuinstall -g 1000 -t z a a
gnuinstall: will not overwrite just-created 'z/a' with 'a'
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$
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Start by reproducing the ./install -g 1000 -t z a a command from the issue and compare it with gnuinstall. Locate the install implementation and its tests, then make the behavior match GNU install by rejecting an attempt to overwrite the just-created z/a with a.
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- rust
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- cli
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- Bug
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