test/cp: fix test_copy_through_dangling_symlink_no_dereference_permissions #3789
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The test checked
-p
option that shouldn't change timestamps.According to coreutils documentation, it shouldn't change
atime
andmtime
, but changesctime
.GNU coreutils
cp
works like it's written in documentation in this case.The test was passing most of the time, because it was checking the timestamp in seconds, and in a single second both the original link and copied link were created, so their timestamps were equal. Sometimes it was failing, for instance here https:/uutils/coreutils/runs/7711138977?check_suite_focus=true.
ctime
has been changed by 5)ctime
checkingatime
andmtime
checking more accurate, started checkingatime_nsec
andmtime_nsec
as well