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bug #27380: Patched files lose some of their attributes

Submitted by:  Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen>
Submitted on:  Fri 04 Sep 2009 11:23:17 AM UTC  
 
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Fri 04 Sep 2009 11:38:54 AM UTC, comment #1:

Here is a possible fix ...

(file #18673)

Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen>
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Fri 04 Sep 2009 11:23:17 AM UTC, original submission:

Files are not patched in-place; instead, new temporary files are created which then replace the original files. Patch preserves the file mode, but fails to preserve other attributes like the owning group, etc.

Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen>
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file #18673:  preserve-owning-group.diff added by agruen (789B - text/x-patch)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Fri 04 Sep 2009 11:38:54 AM UTCagruenAttached File-=>Added preserve-owning-group.diff, #18673
    Fri 04 Sep 2009 11:23:55 AM UTCagruenSummaryPatched files lose some of their file attributes=>Patched files lose some of their attributes
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