#1125196 /usr/bin/install: misleading message: cannot change permissions of '/foo': No such file or directory

Package:
coreutils
Source:
coreutils
Description:
GNU core utilities
Submitter:
Frank Heckenbach
Date:
2026-03-05 03:07:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1125196#5
Date:
2026-01-10 15:11:30 UTC
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To:
% install -m 755 -d /foo  # as non-root
install: cannot change permissions of '/foo': No such file or directory

The actual error is that it cannot create the directory /foo.
#1125196#10
Date:
2026-03-05 03:04:52 UTC
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To:
Hi Frank,

You wrote:

Are you able to reproduce this still? If you could share the strace
output that would be helpful.

Thanks,
Collin