remove directory mode check from makedirs (closes #21082)

4 files changed, 20 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index abacd24a54..d1689631aa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1188,11 +1188,8 @@ Files and Directories
    The default *mode* is ``0o777`` (octal).  On some systems, *mode* is
    ignored.  Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out.
 
-   If *exists_ok* is ``False`` (the default), an :exc:`OSError` is raised if
-   the target directory already exists.  If *exists_ok* is ``True`` an
-   :exc:`OSError` is still raised if the umask-masked *mode* is different from
-   the existing mode, on systems where the mode is used.  :exc:`OSError` will
-   also be raised if the directory creation fails.
+   If *exist_ok* is ``False`` (the default), an :exc:`OSError` is raised if the
+   target directory already exists.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -1204,6 +1201,13 @@ Files and Directories
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
       The *exist_ok* parameter.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.2.5
+
+      Before Python 3.2.5, if *exist_ok* was ``True`` and the directory existed,
+      :func:`makedirs` would still raise an error if *mode* did not match the
+      mode of the existing directory. Since this behavior was impossible to
+      implement safely, it was removed in Python 3.2.6. See :issue:`21082`.
+
 
 .. function:: pathconf(path, name)
 
diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 81e037af3c..34cbdc9311 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -114,12 +114,6 @@ SEEK_SET = 0
 SEEK_CUR = 1
 SEEK_END = 2
 
-
-def _get_masked_mode(mode):
-    mask = umask(0)
-    umask(mask)
-    return mode & ~mask
-
 #'
 
 # Super directory utilities.
@@ -128,11 +122,10 @@ def _get_masked_mode(mode):
 def makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False):
     """makedirs(path [, mode=0o777][, exist_ok=False])
 
-    Super-mkdir; create a leaf directory and all intermediate ones.
-    Works like mkdir, except that any intermediate path segment (not
-    just the rightmost) will be created if it does not exist. If the
-    target directory with the same mode as we specified already exists,
-    raises an OSError if exist_ok is False, otherwise no exception is
+    Super-mkdir; create a leaf directory and all intermediate ones.  Works like
+    mkdir, except that any intermediate path segment (not just the rightmost)
+    will be created if it does not exist. If the target directory already
+    exists, raise an OSError if exist_ok is False. Otherwise no exception is
     raised.  This is recursive.
 
     """
@@ -154,18 +147,7 @@ def makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False):
     try:
         mkdir(name, mode)
     except OSError as e:
-        import stat as st
-        dir_exists = path.isdir(name)
-        expected_mode = _get_masked_mode(mode)
-        if dir_exists:
-            # S_ISGID is automatically copied by the OS from parent to child
-            # directories on mkdir.  Don't consider it being set to be a mode
-            # mismatch as mkdir does not unset it when not specified in mode.
-            actual_mode = st.S_IMODE(lstat(name).st_mode) & ~st.S_ISGID
-        else:
-            actual_mode = -1
-        if not (e.errno == errno.EEXIST and exist_ok and dir_exists and
-                actual_mode == expected_mode):
+        if not exist_ok or e.errno != errno.EEXIST or not path.isdir(name):
             raise
 
 def removedirs(name):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 720e78b317..a08edd6974 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class MakedirTests(unittest.TestCase):
             os.makedirs(path, mode)
             self.assertRaises(OSError, os.makedirs, path, mode)
             self.assertRaises(OSError, os.makedirs, path, mode, exist_ok=False)
-            self.assertRaises(OSError, os.makedirs, path, 0o776, exist_ok=True)
+            os.makedirs(path, 0o776, exist_ok=True)
             os.makedirs(path, mode=mode, exist_ok=True)
         finally:
             os.umask(old_mask)
@@ -606,9 +606,8 @@ class MakedirTests(unittest.TestCase):
             os.makedirs(path, mode, exist_ok=True)
             # remove the bit.
             os.chmod(path, stat.S_IMODE(os.lstat(path).st_mode) & ~S_ISGID)
-            with self.assertRaises(OSError):
-                # Should fail when the bit is not already set when demanded.
-                os.makedirs(path, mode | S_ISGID, exist_ok=True)
+            # May work even when the bit is not already set when demanded.
+            os.makedirs(path, mode | S_ISGID, exist_ok=True)
         finally:
             os.umask(old_mask)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 693a0c8076..3913f94956 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.2.6?
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #21082: In os.makedirs, do not set the process-wide umask. Note this
+  changes behavior of makedirs when exist_ok=True.
+
 - Issue #20246: Fix buffer overflow in socket.recvfrom_into.
 
 - Issue #12226: HTTPS is now used by default when connecting to PyPI.