>Number:         29221
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       pkg_install from 2004Q4 doesn't preserve file modes from binary packages
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 04 03:22:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     Piotr Stolc
>Release:        NetBSD 2.0.1
>Organization:
soclab
>Environment:


System: NetBSD s 2.0.1 NetBSD 2.0.1 (S) #2: Tue Jan 25 03:44:17 CET 2005 build@s:/build/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/S i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
pkg_add from pkgtools/pkg_install (20041209) doesn't preserve file modes
when installing from binary packages. This bug was fixed in -current pkgsrc
at 7/01/05, but it still exist in stable pkgsrc branch.

>How-To-Repeat:
pkg_add postfix[...].tgz
ls -l /usr/pkg/sbin/postqueue

>Fix:
upgrade to pkg_install from -current (20050106) or use this patch:

--- ftpio.c~    2005-02-03 22:39:46.000000000 +0100
+++ ftpio.c     2005-02-03 22:39:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@
			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "don't know how to decompress %s, sorry", pkg);

		/* yes, this is gross, but needed for borken ftp(1) */
-		(void) snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "get %s \"| ( cd %s; " TAR_CMD " %s %s -%sx -f - | tee /dev/stderr )\"\n",
+		(void) snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "get %s \"| ( cd %s; " TAR_CMD " %s %s -%sxp -f - | tee /dev/stderr )\"\n",
		    pkg, dir,
		    decompress_cmd != NULL ? "--use-compress-program" : "",
		    decompress_cmd != NULL ? decompress_cmd : "",


>Unformatted: