Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The 'install' command sets the time stamp on the installed file after > changing ownership, whereas other coreutils commands (cp, mv) set the > time stamp before chowning. The other coreutils commands seem right > to me, if only so that the time stamp is set correctly on hosts that > let non-root users give away files via chown. > > Here's a proposed patch to make them consistent. This patch doesn't > fix any bugs that I can see on ordinary platforms where non-root users > can't give away files, but it does make the code a bit more > consistent. > > +2006-12-03 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > + > + * src/install.c (install_file_in_file): Preserve time stamps > + before changing owner or file mode bits, for consistency with > + other coreutils programs.
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