bug#24251: Potential cp bug: directories created with --parents and --no-preserve=mode retain original mode bits don't match ~umask

2016-08-18 Thread Mark Mitchell
Wow that was quick -- thanks again for your time, -Mark On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 5:57 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > > On 17/08/16 12:42, Mark Mitchell wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm writing to report a potential bug with cp. I don't think the

bug#24251: Potential cp bug: directories created with --parents and --no-preserve=mode retain original mode bits don't match ~umask

2016-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 5:57 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 17/08/16 12:42, Mark Mitchell wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm writing to report a potential bug with cp. I don't think the mode bits >> always get properly set on directories created when using the --parents >> option combined with --no-preserve=

bug#24251: Potential cp bug: directories created with --parents and --no-preserve=mode retain original mode bits don't match ~umask

2016-08-18 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 17/08/16 12:42, Mark Mitchell wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing to report a potential bug with cp. I don't think the mode bits > always get properly set on directories created when using the --parents > option combined with --no-preserve=mode option. I'm not sure what the > expected behaviour is s