GNU bug report logs - #50784
coreutils 9.0 sometimes gets spurious failures in chmod -R

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Daniel Schepler <dschepler <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 50791, 53262

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 50784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Schepler <dschepler <at> gmail.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 50784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50784: coreutils 9.0 sometimes gets spurious failures in
 chmod -R
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:42:51 -0700

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 1:02 PM Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com> wrote:
> > Could you try with the following untested diff:
>
> Tested equivalent patch is attached.

Yes, with chmod-fix-symlink-exit.patch applied and the resulting
packages installed for testing, the issue does appear to be resolved.
-- 
Daniel Schepler
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