If the destination file does not exist the stat call to check the file
type fails. Extend the check of the stat return value.
To allow to copy files to a new destination.

Fixes commit 0ec6bd3e1be8 ("libfile: copy_file: Only open
regular files with O_TRUNC")

Signed-off-by: Teresa Remmet <[email protected]>
---
 lib/libfile.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/libfile.c b/lib/libfile.c
index 049ec32..3742314 100644
--- a/lib/libfile.c
+++ b/lib/libfile.c
@@ -276,14 +276,14 @@ int copy_file(const char *src, const char *dst, int 
verbose)
                goto out;
        }
 
-       ret = stat(dst, &dststat);
-       if (ret)
-               goto out;
-
        mode = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;
 
-       if (S_ISREG(dststat.st_mode))
+       ret = stat(dst, &dststat);
+       /* Set O_TRUNC only if file does not exist or is a regular file */
+       if (ret == -ENOENT || (!ret && S_ISREG(dststat.st_mode)))
                mode |= O_TRUNC;
+       else if (ret)
+               goto out;
 
        dstfd = open(dst, mode);
        if (dstfd < 0) {
-- 
1.9.1


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