diff -urNp coreutils-7.2-orig/src/copy.c coreutils-7.2/src/copy.c --- coreutils-7.2-orig/src/copy.c 2009-04-17 15:21:26.000000000 +0200 +++ coreutils-7.2/src/copy.c 2009-04-17 15:24:17.000000000 +0200 @@ -139,10 +139,13 @@ copy_attr_error (struct error_context *c int err = errno; va_list ap; - /* use verror module to print error message */ - va_start (ap, fmt); - verror (0, err, fmt, ap); - va_end (ap); + if (errno != ENOTSUP && errno != ENODATA) + { + /* use verror module to print error message */ + va_start (ap, fmt); + verror (0, err, fmt, ap); + va_end (ap); + } } static char const *