Indeed that's a rust-coreutils "cp" issue, I've reported it upstream now on https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8407
basically # ls -l test-images/ total 11 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 43 Jul 28 15:07 fail drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 232 Jul 28 15:07 gif-test-suite drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 28 Jul 28 15:07 randomly-modified drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 19 Jul 28 15:07 reftests # cp -a test-images test-images-coreutils # ls -l test-images-coreutils/ total 11 drwx------ 2 root root 43 Jul 28 22:08 fail drwx------ 2 root root 232 Jul 28 22:08 gif-test-suite drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 28 Jul 28 15:07 randomly-modified drwx------ 3 root root 19 Jul 28 22:08 reftests The assets used in the installed tests are not accessible to the normal users anymore after the copy, which is creating the issue ** Also affects: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues #8407 https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8407 ** Also affects: coreutils via https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8407 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: coreutils-from (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - Autopkgtest issues with the current build + cp -a doesn't preserve subdirectories permissions ** Changed in: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2118905 Title: cp -a doesn't preserve subdirectories permissions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/coreutils/+bug/2118905/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs