GNU bug report logs - #9002
file-error Doing chown operation not permitted

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8306 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 9002-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#9002: file-error Doing chown operation not permitted
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:59:10 -0700

On 07/16/11 14:27, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Emacs 23.3 does not give this error, but the trunk does. This seems to
> be a result of the changes in
> 
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8306

Right you are, and thanks for reporting it.  I fixed it in
bzr 105261 on the trunk.  copy-file's help string says "try to
transfer the uid and gid", with the implication that it's OK
if the attempt fails and no diagnosis should be made.

The doc uses stronger language for file modes ("This function always
sets the file modes") so a diagnostic is more appropriate there
and I left that one alone.
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