[PATCH] install-sh: prevent existing directories from being chown'ed

[Julien ÉLIE]

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

-- 
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