Calling chmod only on (optimization: non-empty) directories would fix this.
I don't need to chmod a *file* before unlinking it,
I just need write permission on the directory it is located in.

(Now you have to convince the "appliance" to use a patched rsync ...)

Cheers,

    Lars Ellenberg


diff --git a/delete.c b/delete.c
index 88e4230..223b6d2 100644
--- a/delete.c
+++ b/delete.c
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ static enum delret delete_dir_contents(char *fname, uint16 
flags)
                }
 
                strlcpy(p, fp->basename, remainder);
-               if (!(fp->mode & S_IWUSR) && !am_root && fp->flags & 
FLAG_OWNED_BY_US)
-                       do_chmod(fname, fp->mode | S_IWUSR);
                /* Save stack by recursing to ourself directly. */
                if (S_ISDIR(fp->mode)) {
+                       if (!(fp->mode & S_IWUSR) && !am_root && fp->flags & 
FLAG_OWNED_BY_US)
+                               do_chmod(fname, fp->mode | S_IWUSR);
                        if (delete_dir_contents(fname, flags | DEL_RECURSE) != 
DR_SUCCESS)
                                ret = DR_NOT_EMPTY;
                }
@@ -138,14 +138,13 @@ enum delret delete_item(char *fbuf, uint16 mode, uint16 
flags)
                        fbuf, (int)mode, (int)flags);
        }
 
-       if (flags & DEL_NO_UID_WRITE)
-               do_chmod(fbuf, mode | S_IWUSR);
-
        if (S_ISDIR(mode) && !(flags & DEL_DIR_IS_EMPTY)) {
                /* This only happens on the first call to delete_item() since
                 * delete_dir_contents() always calls us w/DEL_DIR_IS_EMPTY. */
                ignore_perishable = 1;
                /* If DEL_RECURSE is not set, this just reports emptiness. */
+               if (!(mode & S_IWUSR) && !am_root && flags & DEL_NO_UID_WRITE 
&& flags & DEL_RECURSE)
+                       do_chmod(fbuf, mode | S_IWUSR);
                ret = delete_dir_contents(fbuf, flags);
                ignore_perishable = 0;
                if (ret == DR_NOT_EMPTY || ret == DR_AT_LIMIT)

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