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Existing directories and files permissions are not being kept intact

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From: Gunjan Gupta <viraniac <at> gmail.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 31675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31675: Existing directories and files permissions are not being kept intact
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 05:03:19 +0530

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That was fast, I will test it and let you know if I face any issues


Thanks & Regards
Gunjan Gupta

On Mon 4 Jun, 2018, 4:58 AM Pádraig Brady, <P <at> draigbrady.com> wrote:

> On 03/06/18 15:43, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > Actually looking more, this is a relatively recent change:
> >
> https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=v8.19-145-g24ebca6
> >
> > Also in retrospect, using --no-preserve=mode should
> > have no guarantees on the mode bits of the destination.
> > So it's probably best to leave existing mode bits in place.
> >
> > Let me see if I can come up with a patch...
>
> I pushed a fix in:
> https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=5e7b892
>
> thanks,
> Pádraig
>

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