Subject: bug#39284: 27.0.60; wdired: change file permissions fails on tramp buffers

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:03:11 +0100

Tino Calancha <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi Tino,

> 1) Assuming Bug#39280 is fixed, we just need to change 1 line ...:
>
> 2) ... Or replace the call to the external chmod with built-in `set-file-modes'
> (this is what `dired-do-chmod' does):

I recommend alternative 2. Tramp has different implementations of
`set-file-modes', and not all of them are based on the "chmod" command.

Best regards, Michael.