From 27c8a64977fb2e263eb38c4803439a669d3c0406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:31:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] reference: don't clone file attributes of drift file

When replacing an existing drift file with the temporary file, don't
change the ownership or permissions of the temporary file to match the
old drift file, as if it didn't exist.
---
 reference.c | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/reference.c b/reference.c
index b40ae38..9507d4e 100644
--- a/reference.c
+++ b/reference.c
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ REF_GetLeapMode(void)
 static void
 update_drift_file(double freq_ppm, double skew)
 {
-  struct stat buf;
   char *temp_drift_file;
   FILE *out;
   int r1, r2;
@@ -370,16 +369,6 @@ update_drift_file(double freq_ppm, double skew)
     return;
   }
 
-  /* Clone the file attributes from the existing file if there is one. */
-
-  if (!stat(drift_file,&buf)) {
-    if (chown(temp_drift_file,buf.st_uid,buf.st_gid) ||
-        chmod(temp_drift_file,buf.st_mode & 0777)) {
-      LOG(LOGS_WARN, "Could not change ownership or permissions of temporary driftfile %s.tmp",
-          drift_file);
-    }
-  }
-
   /* Rename the temporary file to the correct location (see rename(2) for details). */
 
   if (rename(temp_drift_file,drift_file)) {