Hi,
I don't know whether it is still worth having, but I submit it in case
you would be interested. We occasionally encountered errors on a few systems
when trying to change ownership of existing directories.
https://inn.eyrie.org/trac/changeset/6882
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Julien ÉLIE
* lib/install-sh: Prevent existing directories from being chown'ed
--- install-sh.orig 2018-03-17 14:18:08.701045461 +0100
+++ install-sh.useless-chown 2018-03-17 14:29:16.924781085 +0100
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@
dstdir=$dst
test -d "$dstdir"
dstdir_status=$?
+ # Don't chown directories that already exist.
+ if test $dstdir_status = 0; then
+ chowncmd=""
+ fi
else
# Waiting for this to be detected by the "$cpprog $src $dsttmp" command
