From 51a25252814f8b6f88ff5999a091e47ca1dbdeb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Modra Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 22:33:08 +1030 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] PR27349, ar breaks symlinks PR 27349 * rename.c (smart_rename): Test for existence and type of output file with lstat. --- binutils/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ binutils/rename.c | 17 ++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index 2721767a5fc..23a8d8eafaf 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2021-02-06 Alan Modra + + PR 27349 + * rename.c (smart_rename): Test for existence and type of output + file with lstat. + 2021-02-05 Nick Clifton * MAINTAINERS: Remove Richard Henderson as the ALPHA maintainer. diff --git a/binutils/rename.c b/binutils/rename.c index fece3117915..e36b75132de 100644 --- a/binutils/rename.c +++ b/binutils/rename.c @@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ smart_rename (const char *from, const char *to, int fd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int preserve_dates ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) { int ret = 0; - bfd_boolean exists = target_stat != NULL; + struct stat to_stat; + bfd_boolean exists; + + exists = lstat (to, &to_stat) == 0; #if defined (_WIN32) && !defined (__CYGWIN32__) /* Win32, unlike unix, will not erase `to' in `rename(from, to)' but @@ -214,16 +217,16 @@ smart_rename (const char *from, const char *to, int fd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, external change. */ if (! exists || (fd >= 0 - && !S_ISLNK (target_stat->st_mode) - && S_ISREG (target_stat->st_mode) - && (target_stat->st_mode & S_IWUSR) - && target_stat->st_nlink == 1) + && !S_ISLNK (to_stat.st_mode) + && S_ISREG (to_stat.st_mode) + && (to_stat.st_mode & S_IWUSR) + && to_stat.st_nlink == 1) ) { ret = rename (from, to); if (ret == 0) { - if (exists) + if (exists && target_stat != NULL) try_preserve_permissions (fd, target_stat); } else @@ -239,7 +242,7 @@ smart_rename (const char *from, const char *to, int fd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, if (ret != 0) non_fatal (_("unable to copy file '%s'; reason: %s"), to, strerror (errno)); - if (preserve_dates) + if (preserve_dates && target_stat != NULL) set_times (to, target_stat); unlink (from); } -- 2.30.2