[Bug 2111837] Re: rust-coreutils chown does not support --reference X syntax, only --reference=X

Julian Andres Klode 2111837 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Jul 21 09:32:09 UTC 2025


** Bug watch added: github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues #8363
   https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8363

** Also affects: coreutils via
   https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8363
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

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Title:
  rust-coreutils chown does not support --reference X syntax, only
  --reference=X

Status in coreutils:
  Unknown
Status in coreutils-from package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in open-vm-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  ftbfs:

  [...]

     dh_movetousr -O--sourcedirectory=open-vm-tools
  error: the following required arguments were not provided:
    <FILE>...

  Usage: chown [OPTION]... [OWNER][:[GROUP]] FILE...
         chown [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...

  For more information, try '--help'.
  dh_movetousr: error: chown --reference debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/usr/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d returned exit code 1
  dh_movetousr: error: Aborting due to earlier error
  make: *** [debian/rules:13: binary] Error 25

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