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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated/Test: base-files-4.3-1


Achim Gratz wrote:
Christian Franke writes:
--- base-files-profile.sh.orig	2016-09-03 13:37:59.000000000 +0200
+++ base-files-profile.sh	2016-09-04 12:42:40.805222900 +0200
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    if [ ! -e ${fDest} -a ! -L ${fDest} ]; then
      echo "Using the default version of ${fDest} (${fSrc})"
      /usr/bin/mkdir -p $(dirname ${fDest})
-    /usr/bin/touch ${fDest}
+    test "${fDest}" = "/Cygwin.bat" || /usr/bin/touch ${fDest}
      /usr/bin/cp ${fSrc} ${fDest}
    else
      echo "${fDest} is already in existence, not overwriting."
I have no idea why it's touching the file first, but I'd rather use

cp --preserve=mode

and fix the mode bits in /etc/defaults if necessary.

I guess the touch command is from the early days to ensure that all files get same default permissions regardless of source file permissions.

Removing the touch command would be sufficient. A 'cp' without options uses the permission mask from source file when a new file is created (POSIX requirement). Cygport's make_etc_defaults also generates plain /usr/bin/cp commands.

"cp --preserve" would also copy owner and timestamps.

Regards,
Christian


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