[Bug 2133214] Re: install does not support symbolic permission notation

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This bug was fixed in the package python-coverage - 7.8.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1

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python-coverage (7.8.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1) resolute; urgency=medium

  * d/rules: fix: change modes to octal values (LP: #2133214)

 -- Ujjwal Sarswat <ujjwal.sarswat at canonical.com>  Fri, 28 Nov 2025
17:27:40 +0530

** Changed in: python-coverage (Ubuntu Resolute)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  install does not support symbolic permission notation

Status in python-coverage package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in python-coverage source package in Resolute:
  Fix Released
Status in rust-coreutils source package in Resolute:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Building python-coverage fails when using install when it uses the
  symbolic permission notation:

  + install --mode=u=rw,go=r "debian/python-coverage.1" "doc/python-coverage.1"
  Invalid mode string: invalid operator (expected +, -, or =, but found ,)

  See build logs: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-
  coverage/7.8.2+dfsg1-1build1

  This notation builds on debian unstable and ubuntu plucky. It seems to
  me that the rust version of install introduced this regression.

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