From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16133: 24.3; copy-file fails on chmod when copying to FAT filesystem Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 05:44:13 +0200 Message-ID: <8361qqg4mq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87vbysv8av.fsf@wizzle.ran.pp.ru> <87ob4jvj45.fsf@wizzle.ran.pp.ru> <837gb7f8vm.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387079112 2290 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2013 03:45:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:45:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ran@lasgalen.net, 16133@debbugs.gnu.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu To: Josh Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 15 04:45:16 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vs2dn-0007Tv-Ip for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 04:45:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49462 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vs2dn-0005Sd-5D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:45:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44997) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vs2df-0005QR-TY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:45:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vs2db-0001ik-9E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:45:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36558) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vs2db-0001hq-5i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:45:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vs2da-0002tR-Kz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:45:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16133 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16133-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16133.138707905611045 (code B ref 16133); Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16133) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2013 03:44:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50577 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vs2cp-0002s5-J3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:44:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:56774) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vs2ck-0002rq-Mf for 16133@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:44:12 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MXT00000WQDFO00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 16133@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 05:44:08 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MXT000PNX1K6870@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 05:44:08 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:82003 Archived-At: > From: Josh > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 13:21:58 -0800 > Cc: Glenn Morris , Paul Eggert , > Валерия Лихушина , > 16133@debbugs.gnu.org > > >> It might be reasonable to error only when the existing > >> PRESERVE-UID-GID argument was non-nil. > > > > That argument has nothing to do with mode bits, which is what this bug > > is about. > > That argument being nil indicates that the user doesn't care about > preserving UID and GID. Are there cases when the user would care > about preserving mode bits but not UID and GID? Definitely. MS-Windows is one such case.