GNU bug report logs - #10679
mv --backup=numbered should perform an atomic update

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Since I'm closing the related ticket in which this was raised,
here's a new one:

In http://bugs.gnu.org/6960, Anders Kaseorg noted that
'mv --backup=numbered ...' does not perform an atomic update.
It should.