From: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>
To: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, pkj@axis.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs-progs: build: Do not use cp -a to install files
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:55:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180406125517.GA8557@twin.jikos.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180404140459.20644-1-pkj@axis.com>
On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 04:04:59PM +0200, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
> Using cp -a to install files will preserve the ownership of the
> original files (if possible), which is typically not wanted. E.g., if
> the files were built by a normal user, but are being installed by
> root, then the installed files would maintain the UIDs/GIDs of the
> user that built the files rather than be owned by root.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>
Applied and added to 4.16, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-06 12:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-04 14:04 [PATCH] btrfs-progs: build: Do not use cp -a to install files Peter Kjellerstedt
2018-04-05 6:35 ` Anand Jain
2018-04-06 12:55 ` David Sterba [this message]
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