[Bug 204093] perl -i resets file ACLs and EAs

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204093


Stepan Kasal <skasal at redhat.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |CLOSED
                 CC|                            |skasal at redhat.com
         Resolution|                            |NOTABUG




--- Comment #4 from Stepan Kasal <skasal at redhat.com>  2008-11-28 08:35:07 EDT ---
With -i.bkp perl first moves the file to *.bkp and then creates a new file with
the same name as the original file.
When option -i is given without any argument, the original file is deleted. 
But again a new file is created against the original one.

The above is documented in "man perlrun".  The fact that owner and acl flags
are not preserved is a logical consequence of theis implementation.

This is also consistent with the implementation of "sed -i".

To get the results you need, there are several ways:
- backup the acls of the files and restore them after the "perl -i" run,
- copy the file before the running perl (without the -i), or
- run perl (w/out -i) first and then copy the result to the original file

To sum up, the described behavior is not a bug and is probably not going to
change.

I'm sorry that you had to wait years for this obvious answer.

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