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


Achim Gratz wrote:
Christian Franke writes:
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.
No, a 'cp -p" would do.  I've explicitly told it to just copy the mode
bits.

Yes - sorry for the noise.

Regards,
Christian


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