cp: make -a option preserve xattrs, but with reduced diagnostics

* copy.c (copy_attr_by_fd): Reduce xattr diagnostics for 'cp -a'.
(copy_attr_by_name): Likewise.
* cp.c (main): Preserve xattrs with -a option, when possible.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document that xattrs are preserved with
cp -a, with no added diagnostics.
* NEWS: Mention the change.
* tests/misc/xattr: Add tests for 'cp --preserve=all' and 'cp -a'.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 2c1fae5c2..0bf978a8e 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7262,10 +7262,9 @@ Preserve as much as possible of the structure and attributes of the
 original files in the copy (but do not attempt to preserve internal
 directory structure; i.e., @samp{ls -U} may list the entries in a copied
 directory in a different order).
-Try to preserve SELinux security context, but ignore any failure to do that
-and print no corresponding diagnostic.
-This option does not preserve extended attributes(xattr) at the moment.
-Equivalent to @option{-dR --preserve=all} with a few exceptions.
+Try to preserve SELinux security context and extended attributes (xattr),
+but ignore any failure to do that and print no corresponding diagnostic.
+Equivalent to @option{-dR --preserve=all} with the reduced diagnostics.
 
 @item -b
 @itemx @w{@kbd{--backup}[=@var{method}]}