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-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/minstall.py20
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/minstall.py b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
index 21c114f..ce8e34a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/minstall.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ def append_to_log(lf, line):
lf.write('\n')
lf.flush()
+def set_chown(path, user=None, group=None, dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True):
+ # shutil.chown will call os.chown without passing all the parameters
+ # and particularly follow_symlinks, thus we replace it temporary
+ # with a lambda with all the parameters so that follow_symlinks will
+ # be actually passed properly.
+ # Not nice, but better than actually rewriting shutil.chown until
+ # this python bug is fixed: https://bugs.python.org/issue18108
+ real_os_chown = os.chown
+ try:
+ os.chown = lambda p, u, g: real_os_chown(p, u, g,
+ dir_fd=dir_fd,
+ follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
+ shutil.chown(path, user, group)
+ except:
+ raise
+ finally:
+ os.chown = real_os_chown
+
def set_chmod(path, mode, dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True):
try:
os.chmod(path, mode, dir_fd=dir_fd, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
@@ -105,7 +123,7 @@ def set_mode(path, mode, default_umask):
# No chown() on Windows, and must set one of owner/group
if not is_windows() and (mode.owner or mode.group) is not None:
try:
- shutil.chown(path, mode.owner, mode.group)
+ set_chown(path, mode.owner, mode.group, follow_symlinks=False)
except PermissionError as e:
msg = '{!r}: Unable to set owner {!r} and group {!r}: {}, ignoring...'
print(msg.format(path, mode.owner, mode.group, e.strerror))