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Title: Changing owner of symlinks
Type: Stage:
Components: Extension Modules Versions: Python 2.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: accepted
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: loewis, niemeyer
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2002-06-25 19:15 by niemeyer, last changed 2022-04-10 16:05 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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python-2.3a0-lchown.patch niemeyer, 2002-06-25 19:15
Messages (2)
msg40414 - (view) Author: Gustavo Niemeyer (niemeyer) * (Python committer) Date: 2002-06-25 19:15
Currently, there's no way to change the owner of a symbolic link, 
since chown() follow them. This patch implements the missing 
lchown() function in posixmodule. 
 
msg40415 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2002-07-28 16:34
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Thanks for the patch; applied as

configure 1.325
configure.in 1.336
pyconfig.h.in 1.46
libos.tex 1.93
NEWS 1.446
posixmodule.c 2.245
History
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2022-04-10 16:05:27adminsetgithub: 36794
2002-06-25 19:15:19niemeyercreate