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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From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, Daniel Schepler <dschepler <at> gmail.com>, 50784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50784: coreutils 9.0 sometimes gets spurious failures in chmod -R
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 00:37:31 +0200

On 9/24/21 22:02, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Tested equivalent patch is attached.

Nice small patch.
Maybe it's worth documenting in the enum where the "bad range" starts against which the
code later tests?
Furthermore, I think it's worth adding a NEWS entry and mentioning that this bug has been
introduced in v9.0, namely in v8.32-193-gbbb19b186.

Thanks & have a nice day,
Berny
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