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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/08/2018 14:52, Victor Stinner
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<pre wrap="">"shutil copy* unsafe on POSIX - they preserve setuid/setgit bits"
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue17180" moz-do-not-send="true">https://bugs.python.org/issue17180</a>
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<pre wrap="">There is no fix. A fix may break the backward compatibility. Is it really
worth it for the last 3.4 release?
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<p><tt>My idea would be to focus on a "fix" for 3.8, and then decide
if it can, in one form or another, be backported. And also how
far. IMHO - the discussion about breakage is holding back even
an attempt for a resolution for 3.8.</tt></p>
<p><tt>Michael</tt><br>
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