bug#16133: 24.3; copy-file fails on chmod when copying to FAT filesystem

[Artem Chuprina]

Andreas Schwab -> Artem Chuprina  @ Tue, 24 Dec 2013 10:58:46 +0100:

 >> zsh% cp testfile testfile.copy

 AS> That's not an existing destination.

Well, your correction is right.  cp's behavior is more complex than
"just try to save permissions".  When the target file exists, cp does
not try unless explicitly asked to.  But when creating file, it does
(that is, file's permissions are copied from source, not just left as
set by umask).