If the location in which gnulib-tool is installed is not writable (the
files are readonly), then cp'ing those files creates readonly files as
well. To avoid this, use `cat $foo > $bar` to create a new file, with
fresh attributes.
---
gnulib-tool | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnulib-tool b/gnulib-tool
index 89f6077e5..158873d4f 100755
--- a/gnulib-tool
+++ b/gnulib-tool
@@ -1715,8 +1715,7 @@ func_lookup_file ()
lookedup_tmp=
if test -n "$lkpatches"; then
lkbase=`echo "$lkfile" | sed -e 's,^.*/,,'`
- rm -f "$tmp/$lkbase"
- cp "$lookedup_file" "$tmp/$lkbase"
+ cat "$lookedup_file" > "$tmp/$lkbase"
save_IFS="$IFS"
IFS="$PATH_SEPARATOR"
for patchfile in $lkpatches; do
@@ -5224,7 +5223,7 @@ s,^\(.................................................[^
]*\) *,
esac
func_dest_tmpfilename "$g"
func_lookup_file "$f"
- cp "$lookedup_file" "$tmpfile" || func_fatal_error "failed"
+ cat "$lookedup_file" > "$tmpfile" || func_fatal_error "failed"
case "$f" in
*.class | *.mo )
# Don't process binary files with sed.
@@ -7316,7 +7315,7 @@ s/\([.*$]\)/[\1]/g'
fi
# Copy the file.
func_dest_tmpfilename "$g"
- cp "$lookedup_file" "$tmpfile" || func_fatal_error "failed"
+ cat "$lookedup_file" > "$tmpfile" || func_fatal_error "failed"
already_present=true
if test -f "$destdir/$g"; then
# The file already exists.
--
2.25.1
