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atsuoishimoto mannequin opened this issue Jul 21, 2012 · 5 comments
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os.chmod() does not follow symlinks on Windows #59616

atsuoishimoto mannequin opened this issue Jul 21, 2012 · 5 comments
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OS-windows stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-feature A feature request or enhancement

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BPO 15411
Nosy @atsuoishimoto, @tjguk, @asvetlov, @zware
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  • chmod_symlink_win32.patch
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    atsuoishimoto mannequin commented Jul 21, 2012

    os.chmod() should check symlinks if followsymlinks option is True on Windows.

    This is a cause of failure of test case

    test.test_shutil.TestShutil.test_copymode_follow_symlinks

    (bpo-13837)

    @atsuoishimoto atsuoishimoto mannequin added stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir OS-windows type-feature A feature request or enhancement labels Jul 21, 2012
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    atsuoishimoto mannequin commented Jul 21, 2012

    Patch updated. Check symlinks only if supported by platform.

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    BreamoreBoy mannequin commented Jul 16, 2014

    Can we have a patch review on this please as it's holding up bpo-13837.

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    serhiy-storchaka added a commit to serhiy-storchaka/cpython that referenced this issue Dec 13, 2023
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    pythongh-59616: Support os.chmod(follow_symlinks=True) and os.lchmod(…
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    Unfortunately, the patch by @atsuoishimoto is too old and cannot be applied to the current code. The difference is so larger, that it is easier to write a new code from scratch than try to resolve conflicts iteratively.

    Which I did. My PR uses a different approach. Instead of resolving the symlink path, it opens a handle and changes file attributes by the handle (it is the recommended way). In future it may be possible to implement also os.fchmod().

    serhiy-storchaka added a commit that referenced this issue Dec 14, 2023
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    gh-59616: Support os.chmod(follow_symlinks=True) and os.lchmod() on W…
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    Now os.chmod() supports follow_symlinks=True on Windows. But by default it does not follow symlinks. Few versions later (in 3.15 or later) we can change the default. It will allow users to use os.lchmod() or os.chmod(follow_symlinks=False) if they need the old behavior, and it will work in several versions.

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    pythongh-59616: Support os.chmod(follow_symlinks=True) and os.lchmod(…
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    pythongh-59616: Support os.chmod(follow_symlinks=True) and os.lchmod(…
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    pythongh-59616: Support os.chmod(follow_symlinks=True) and os.lchmod(…
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