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MS coreutils: chgrp is missing after installation

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

No specific files or tests are named. Start by inspecting the Windows installation and packaging entry points to determine why chgrp is omitted; done means a fresh installation provides a usable chgrp command for changing groups on the supported filesystems described in the issue.

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Description

C-feature

MS coreutils: chgrp is missing after installation.

We need this tool for uses to change the group of their fails on WinBTRFS, OpenZFS, NFS, ...

Dominant language
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