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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2007-02-03 18:45:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-02-03 18:45:46 +0100 |
| commit | b28a8851ed22dbf0cd123974a0c97ae0b82bec2b (patch) | |
| tree | 2ee82ce576b7026f2b99268044e627daf203fb81 /ChangeLog | |
| parent | 1c73876f5f7973ca41caaf0ce326254b1081713a (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-b28a8851ed22dbf0cd123974a0c97ae0b82bec2b.tar.xz | |
* NEWS: Document fix for cp --preserve=mode.
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Omit the group- or other-writeable
permissions when creating a directory, to avoid a race condition
if the special mode bits aren't right just after the directory is
created.
* src/cp.c (make_dir_parents_private): Likewise.
* tests/cp/parent-perm-race: Test for the "cp --preserve=mode"
race fix in copy.c.
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@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ 2007-02-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + * NEWS: Document fix for cp --preserve=mode. + * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Omit the group- or other-writeable + permissions when creating a directory, to avoid a race condition + if the special mode bits aren't right just after the directory is + created. + * src/cp.c (make_dir_parents_private): Likewise. + * tests/cp/parent-perm-race: Test for the "cp --preserve=mode" + race fix in copy.c. + * NEWS: Document fix for cp --parents. * src/cp.c (make_dir_parents_private): Report the error sooner with "cp --parents DIR/FILE DEST" when DIR is a non-directory, thus not |