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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py b/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py
index 6727f9a..ac24a31 100644
--- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py
+++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py
@@ -95,12 +95,7 @@ def copy(rpin, rpout, compress = 0):
if rpin.isreg(): copy_reg_file(rpin, rpout, compress)
elif rpin.isdir(): rpout.mkdir()
- elif rpin.issym():
- # some systems support permissions for symlinks, but
- # only by setting at creation via the umask
- os.umask(0777 - rpin.getperms())
- rpout.symlink(rpin.readlink())
- os.umask(077) # restore rdiff-backup standard umask
+ elif rpin.issym(): rpout.symlink(rpin.readlink())
elif rpin.ischardev():
major, minor = rpin.getdevnums()
rpout.makedev("c", major, minor)