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  1. Bug #482701
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 482701

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C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote : Re: [Bug 482701] Re: [karmic] case sensitivity broken for file copy

On 03/03/2011 10:25 AM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> You are completely overlooking the fact this error first occurred with
> Dolphin. On a name collision of any kind Dolphin is supposed to offer
> rename/overwrite. This didn't happen.

In this case, then we should reset the package on this bug to Dolphin.

> Then I tested with CP (which
> should, if written correctly, offer the same options rather than
> failing).

No. 'cp' is working correctly. The issue here is for 'cp' these are
different files, while for the filesystem they are the same. So 'cp'
is trying to create the file, and cannot.