Your bug report #50784: coreutils 9.0 sometimes gets spurious failures in chmod -R 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 50784@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 50784: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=50784 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems