[Bug 2146464] Re: install doesn't overwrite files like coreutils

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** Changed in: rust-coreutils
       Status: Unknown => New

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Title:
  install doesn't overwrite files like coreutils

Status in rust-coreutils:
  New
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The simplest reproducer is `echo hello | install -m644 /dev/stdin existing-file-to-be-overwritten.txt`
  This works in coreutils, but fails with rust-coreutils.

  I don't think this scripting pattern is uncommon:
  ```
  {
    # lots logic which echoes text
  } | install <permissions and ownership> /dev/stdin possibly-existing-config-file
  ```
  ..which is now broken with rust-coreutils.

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