diff -urNp coreutils-7.2-orig/src/copy.c coreutils-7.2/src/copy.c
--- coreutils-7.2-orig/src/copy.c	2009-07-08 16:21:46.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-7.2/src/copy.c	2009-07-08 16:31:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ copy_attr_error (struct error_context *c
   int err = errno;
   va_list 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 void
+copy_attr_allerror (struct error_context *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+		 char const *fmt, ...)
+{
+  int err = errno;
+  va_list ap;
+
   /* use verror module to print error message */
   va_start (ap, fmt);
   verror (0, err, fmt, ap);
@@ -163,12 +179,13 @@ copy_attr_by_fd (char const *src_path, i
 {
   struct error_context ctx =
   {
-    .error = copy_attr_error,
+    .error = x->require_preserve_xattr ? copy_attr_allerror : copy_attr_error,
     .quote = copy_attr_quote,
     .quote_free = copy_attr_free
   };
   return 0 == attr_copy_fd (src_path, src_fd, dst_path, dst_fd, 0,
-                            x->reduce_diagnostics ? NULL : &ctx);
+                            (x->reduce_diagnostics
+                             && !x->require_preserve_xattr) ? NULL : &ctx);
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -177,12 +194,13 @@ copy_attr_by_name (char const *src_path,
 {
   struct error_context ctx =
   {
-    .error = copy_attr_error,
+    .error = x->require_preserve_xattr ? copy_attr_allerror : copy_attr_error,
     .quote = copy_attr_quote,
     .quote_free = copy_attr_free
   };
   return 0 == attr_copy_file (src_path, dst_path, 0,
-                              x-> reduce_diagnostics ? NULL :&ctx);
+                              (x-> reduce_diagnostics
+                               && !x->require_preserve_xattr) ? NULL :&ctx);
 }
 #else /* USE_XATTR */
 
@@ -465,7 +483,7 @@ copy_reg (char const *src_name, char con
 	  security_context_t con = NULL;
 	  if (getfscreatecon (&con) < 0)
 	    {
-	      if (!x->reduce_diagnostics)
+	      if (!x->reduce_diagnostics || x->require_preserve_context)
 	        error (0, errno, _("failed to get file system create context"));
 	      if (x->require_preserve_context)
 		{
@@ -478,7 +496,7 @@ copy_reg (char const *src_name, char con
 	    {
 	      if (fsetfilecon (dest_desc, con) < 0)
 		{
-		  if (!x->reduce_diagnostics)
+		  if (!x->reduce_diagnostics || x->require_preserve_context)
 		    error (0, errno,
 			   _("failed to set the security context of %s to %s"),
 			   quote_n (0, dst_name), quote_n (1, con));
@@ -1731,7 +1749,7 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, cha
 	{
 	  if (setfscreatecon (con) < 0)
 	    {
-	      if (!x->reduce_diagnostics)
+	      if (!x->reduce_diagnostics || x->require_preserve_context)
 	        error (0, errno,
 		       _("failed to set default file creation context to %s"),
 		       quote (con));
@@ -1745,9 +1763,9 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, cha
 	}
       else
 	{
-	  if (errno != ENOTSUP && errno != ENODATA)
+	  if ((errno != ENOTSUP && errno != ENODATA) || x->require_preserve_context)
 	    {
-	      if (!x->reduce_diagnostics)
+	      if (!x->reduce_diagnostics || x->require_preserve_context)
 	        error (0, errno,
 		       _("failed to get security context of %s"),
 		       quote (src_name));