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 #22 received at 50784-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Daniel Schepler <dschepler <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 50784-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50784: coreutils 9.0 sometimes gets spurious failures in
 chmod -R
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 23:48:43 +0100

On 24/09/2021 22:42, Daniel Schepler wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for testing.
Pushed (with NEWS update).
marking this as done.

thanks,
Pádraig
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