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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py7
-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/test/installer.py2
-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/util/file_permissions.py2
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
index 753129b78e..286273fc83 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
@@ -302,13 +302,16 @@ def group_ids(uid=None):
return [g.gr_gid for g in grp.getgrall() if user in g.gr_mem]
-def chgrp(path, group):
+def chgrp(path, group, follow_symlinks=True):
"""Implement the bash chgrp function on a single path"""
if isinstance(group, six.string_types):
gid = grp.getgrnam(group).gr_gid
else:
gid = group
- os.chown(path, -1, gid)
+ if follow_symlinks:
+ os.chown(path, -1, gid)
+ else:
+ os.lchown(path, -1, gid)
def chmod_x(entry, perms):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/installer.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/installer.py
index 4f7f24dc24..47174ad73f 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/installer.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/installer.py
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ def test_setup_install_dir_grp(install_mockery, monkeypatch, capfd):
def _get_group(spec):
return mock_group
- def _chgrp(path, group):
+ def _chgrp(path, group, follow_symlinks=True):
tty.msg(mock_chgrp_msg.format(path, group))
monkeypatch.setattr(prefs, 'get_package_group', _get_group)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/file_permissions.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/file_permissions.py
index 9a510ef6c8..b2de56eda9 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/file_permissions.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/file_permissions.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def set_permissions(path, perms, group=None):
fs.chmod_x(path, perms)
if group:
- fs.chgrp(path, group)
+ fs.chgrp(path, group, follow_symlinks=False)
class InvalidPermissionsError(SpackError):