Do not pass file mode during recursive copy on symlink files. (#69011)

* Do not pass file mode during recursive copy on symlink files.

The 'file' module cannot deal with mode=preserve. Do not pass that
mode to the module when 'preserve' is used.

* Fix changelog fragment filename
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bugfixes:
- Fixed a bug with the copy action plugin where mode=preserve was being passed on
symlink files and causing a traceback (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68471).

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@ -564,6 +564,11 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
if source_files['directories']:
new_module_args['follow'] = False
# file module cannot deal with 'preserve' mode and is meaningless
# for symlinks anyway, so just don't pass it.
if new_module_args.get('mode', None) == 'preserve':
new_module_args.pop('mode')
module_return = self._execute_module(module_name='file', module_args=new_module_args, task_vars=task_vars)
module_executed = True

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that:
- "dir_attrs.stat.mode == '0755'"
# Test that recursive copy of a directory containing a symlink to another
# directory, with mode=preserve and local_follow=no works.
# See: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68471
- name: Test recursive copy of dir with symlinks, mode=preserve, local_follow=False
copy:
src: '{{ role_path }}/files/subdir/'
dest: '{{ local_temp_dir }}/preserve_symlink/'
mode: preserve
local_follow: no
- name: check that we actually used and still have a symlink
stat: path={{ local_temp_dir }}/preserve_symlink/subdir1/bar.txt
register: symlink_path
- assert:
that:
- symlink_path.stat.exists
- symlink_path.stat.islnk
#
# I believe the below section is now covered in the recursive copying section.
# Hold on for now as an original test case but delete once confirmed that