Hello Michael,
On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 12:58:36AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> > Man page: rename.2
> > Issue: So far, the manpage does not mention a variable I<pathname>
> >
> > "The directory containing I<oldpath> has the sticky bit (B<S_ISVTX>) set and "
> > "the process's effective user ID is neither the user ID of the file to be "
> > "deleted nor that of the directory containing it, and the process is not "
> > "privileged (Linux: does not have the B<CAP_FOWNER> capability); or "
> > "I<newpath> is an existing file and the directory containing it has the "
> > "sticky bit set and the process's effective user ID is neither the user ID of "
> > "the file to be replaced nor that of the directory containing it, and the "
> > "process is not privileged (Linux: does not have the B<CAP_FOWNER> "
> > "capability); or the filesystem containing I<pathname> does not support "
> > "renaming of the type requested."
>
> Wow. That bug has been present for 28 years (since the page was first
> added in 1993)!
I noticed it when I was trying to make the translation more
consistent. And this one stood out. Hopefully not too many users got
confused.
Greetings
Helge
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