>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Andersen <andersen@xmission.com> writes:
Erik> See reg_test.sh in the busybox directory. Does just what
Erik> you describe.
I'll have a look.
>> Look closely at the last two sections, where BusyBox `cp' sets
>> the permissions of `afile', the thing that the symlink points
>> to, to the modes of the symlink. `chmod' follows links; the
>> error (one of several I've found over the last two days) is in
>> `utility.c:copyFile'.
Erik> Cool. Thanks for finding this. I'll add this test to
Erik> reg_test.sh and then take a look at fixing it (unless you or
Erik> somebody else beats me to the fix).
If you give me a few days, I'll have a large multi-file patch with
ChangeLog entries prepared for you.