Message 142608 - Python tracker

Message142608

Author	hynek
Recipients	eric.araujo, hynek, petri.lehtinen, tarek
Date	2011-08-21.10:56:26
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We have an edge case when the caller calls copymode with symlinks=True on an OS that doesn't have lchmod (ie any other than FreeBSD). Should it be a nop (as in copystat), use chmod or raise an Exception? I Personally (and some people on #python-dev) believe it should raise an Exception as the caller made the effort to say that (s)he wants the link _not_ to be followed and it's just one operation (contrary to copystat that does several things).

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We have an edge case when the caller calls copymode with symlinks=True on an OS that doesn't have lchmod (ie any other than FreeBSD).

Should it be a nop (as in copystat), use chmod or raise an Exception?

I Personally (and some people on #python-dev) believe it should raise an Exception as the caller made the effort to say that (s)he wants the link _not_ to be followed and it's just one operation (contrary to copystat that does several things).

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Date	User	Action	Args
2011-08-21 10:56:27	hynek	set	recipients: + hynek, tarek, eric.araujo, petri.lehtinen
2011-08-21 10:56:27	hynek	set	messageid: <1313924187.12.0.399320404194.issue12715@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2011-08-21 10:56:26	hynek	create