Your bug report #12602: bug in chmod which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 12602@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 12602: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12602 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems