Re: tramp 2.1.13-pre messed up symbolic link?

[Thr4wn]

On Jun 25, 7:35 am, Michael Albinus <michael.albi...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
>
> Hi Yang,
>
> > There is one small issue (that I've noticed for a long time). After
> > saving, the target file's permission is always set to be "-rwxrwxrwx"
> > regardless of the original one. For example, the target file is
> > "test.cc (-rw-------)" the symbolic link is "test_link.cc (always
> > lrwxrwxrwx)"  After opening "test_link.cc" through tramp and saving
> > something, "test.cc" now has a permission of "-rwxrwxrwx".  It there a
> > way to retain the target file's original permission after saving
> > through the symbolic link file?
>
> Please try the appended patch. It should fix it.
>
> > Thanks
> > --Yang
>
> Best regards, Michael.
>
>  text_x-patch_part
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how do I apply the patch?

also, is the second patch the 'newer' one, or am I supposed to apply
the first one as well, because I receive 404 error when I click it.

-Thr4wn