I am closing this bug as fix released: not only we are anow running coreutils 7.4 on karmic, but the previous (and still) supported version is 6..10, for Hardy, Intrepid, and Jaunty.
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- install 5.93/5.97 ignores --mode on existing dirs if no leading 4th byte https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111582 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs