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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/install.c | 7 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2006-12-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * src/install.c (install_file_in_file): Preserve time stamps + before changing owner or file mode bits, for consistency with + other coreutils programs. + 2006-12-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> * tests/misc/date-sec: Output a fixed string. diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c index 1ccc7749c..a5d832f86 100644 --- a/src/install.c +++ b/src/install.c @@ -459,11 +459,10 @@ install_file_in_file (const char *from, const char *to, return false; if (strip_files) strip (to); - if (! change_attributes (to)) + if (x->preserve_timestamps && (strip_files || ! S_ISREG (from_sb.st_mode)) + && ! change_timestamps (&from_sb, to)) return false; - if (x->preserve_timestamps && (strip_files || ! S_ISREG (from_sb.st_mode))) - return change_timestamps (&from_sb, to); - return true; + return change_attributes (to); } /* Copy file FROM into directory TO_DIR, keeping its same name, |