From e8b56ebd536e82b15542a00c888109471936bfda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:57:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] chmod: fix exit status when ignoring symlinks * src/chmod.c: Reorder enum so CH_NOT_APPLIED can be treated as a non error. * tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh: A new test. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/50784 --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ src/chmod.c | 4 ++-- tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tests/local.mk | 1 + 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100755 tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a1470a7d7..1cb3c28a1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** Bug fixes + + chmod -R no longer exits with error status when encountering symlinks. + All files would be processed correctly, but the exit status was incorrect. + [bug introduced in coreutils-9.0] + * Noteworthy changes in release 9.0 (2021-09-24) [stable] diff --git a/src/chmod.c b/src/chmod.c index 37b04f500..57ac47f33 100644 --- a/src/chmod.c +++ b/src/chmod.c @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ struct change_status enum { CH_NO_STAT, - CH_NOT_APPLIED, CH_FAILED, + CH_NOT_APPLIED, CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED, CH_SUCCEEDED } @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ process_file (FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent) if ( ! recurse) fts_set (fts, ent, FTS_SKIP); - return CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED <= ch.status; + return CH_NOT_APPLIED <= ch.status; } /* Recursively change the modes of the specified FILES (the last entry diff --git a/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh b/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh new file mode 100755 index 000000000..5ce3de816 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# Test for proper exit code of chmod on a processed symlink. + +# Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. + +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. + +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see . + +. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src +print_ver_ chmod + +mkdir dir || framework_failure_ +touch dir/f || framework_failure_ +ln -s f dir/l || framework_failure_ + +# This operation ignores symlinks but should succeed. +chmod u+w -R dir 2> out || fail=1 + +compare /dev/null out || fail=1 + +Exit $fail diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk index 228d0e368..b5b893fb7 100644 --- a/tests/local.mk +++ b/tests/local.mk @@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ all_tests = \ tests/chmod/c-option.sh \ tests/chmod/equal-x.sh \ tests/chmod/equals.sh \ + tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh \ tests/chmod/inaccessible.sh \ tests/chmod/octal.sh \ tests/chmod/setgid.sh \