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-rw-r--r--Lib/mailbox.py3
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_mailbox.py17
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/mailbox.py b/Lib/mailbox.py
index 4043d74..3ab3396 100644
--- a/Lib/mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/mailbox.py
@@ -691,6 +691,9 @@ class _singlefileMailbox(Mailbox):
_sync_close(new_file)
# self._file is about to get replaced, so no need to sync.
self._file.close()
+ # Make sure the new file's mode is the same as the old file's
+ mode = os.stat(self._path).st_mode
+ os.chmod(new_file.name, mode)
try:
os.rename(new_file.name, self._path)
except OSError as e:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
index c56002b..52d2cd6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
@@ -969,6 +969,23 @@ class _TestSingleFile(TestMailbox):
self._box = self._factory(self._path)
self.assertEqual(len(self._box), 1)
+ def test_permissions_after_flush(self):
+ # See issue #5346
+
+ # Make the mailbox world writable. It's unlikely that the new
+ # mailbox file would have these permissions after flush(),
+ # because umask usually prevents it.
+ mode = os.stat(self._path).st_mode | 0o666
+ os.chmod(self._path, mode)
+
+ self._box.add(self._template % 0)
+ i = self._box.add(self._template % 1)
+ # Need to remove one message to make flush() create a new file
+ self._box.remove(i)
+ self._box.flush()
+
+ self.assertEqual(os.stat(self._path).st_mode, mode)
+
class _TestMboxMMDF(_TestSingleFile):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2d8d168..4d1f104 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #5346: Preserve permissions of mbox, MMDF and Babyl mailbox
+ files on flush().
+
- Issue #10571: Fix the "--sign" option of distutils' upload command.
Patch by Jakub Wilk.