Re: dired-copy-preserve-time affects file modes, too.

[Richard Stallman]

    I suggest that the docstring of dired-copy-preserve-time should
    mention that the value of this variable affects also the file modes
    of the copied files (cf. the optional arg keep-time of copy-file).

I don't think that it does that.

    Furthermore, I believe that the docstring of the command
    dired-do-copy could be more precise. Instead of saying

      This normally preserves the last-modified date when copying.

    it could say something like

      Whether the last-modified date and file modes are preserved
      depends on the value of `dired-copy-preserve-time'.

I agree; I will change that.