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Description of problem: Createrepo keeps breaking permissions for the repodata directory: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -q createrepo createrepo-0.4.11-3.el5.noarch How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. $ ll -d repodata/ drwxrwxr-x 2 vgrinco engops 3864 Jan 14 09:15 repodata/ 2. $ createrepo -vd . >/dev/null 3. $ ll -d repodata/ drwxr-xr-x 2 vgrinco vgrinco 3864 Jan 14 09:15 repodata/ Actual results: $ ll -d repodata/ drwxr-xr-x 2 vgrinco vgrinco 3864 Jan 14 09:15 repodata/ Expected results: Permissions should be preserved.
I see a similar issue: group setting is retain but write permissions for the group is cleared..... Related: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659915#c1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673821
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