GError **error)
{
guint32 val;
+ int res = 0;
if (!get_uint32 (value, &val, error))
return FALSE;
#ifdef HAVE_SYMLINK
if (flags & G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS) {
- g_set_error_literal (error, G_IO_ERROR,
- G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
- _("Cannot set permissions on symlinks"));
- return FALSE;
+ struct stat statbuf;
+ /* Calling chmod on a symlink changes permissions on the symlink.
+ * We don't want to do this, so we need to check for a symlink */
+ res = g_lstat (filename, &statbuf);
+ if (res == 0 && S_ISLNK (statbuf.st_mode))
+ {
+ g_set_error_literal (error, G_IO_ERROR,
+ G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+ _("Cannot set permissions on symlinks"));
+ return FALSE;
+ }
}
#endif
- if (g_chmod (filename, val) == -1)
+ if (res == 0)
+ res = g_chmod (filename, val);
+
+ if (res == -1)
{
int errsv = errno;