gh-113188: Fix shutil.copymode() on Windows

Lib/shutil.py

@@ -306,7 +306,12 @@ def copymode(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True):
         else:
             return
     else:
-        stat_func, chmod_func = _stat, os.chmod
+        stat_func = _stat
+        if os.name == 'nt' and os.path.islink(dst):
+            def chmod_func(*args):
+                os.chmod(*args, follow_symlinks=True)
+        else:
+            chmod_func = os.chmod
 
     st = stat_func(src)
     chmod_func(dst, stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode))

Lib/test/test_shutil.py

@@ -1101,19 +1101,18 @@ def test_copymode_follow_symlinks(self):
         shutil.copymode(src, dst)
         self.assertEqual(os.stat(src).st_mode, os.stat(dst).st_mode)
         # On Windows, os.chmod does not follow symlinks (issue #15411)
-        if os.name != 'nt':
-            # follow src link
-            os.chmod(dst, stat.S_IRWXO)
-            shutil.copymode(src_link, dst)
-            self.assertEqual(os.stat(src).st_mode, os.stat(dst).st_mode)
-            # follow dst link
-            os.chmod(dst, stat.S_IRWXO)
-            shutil.copymode(src, dst_link)
-            self.assertEqual(os.stat(src).st_mode, os.stat(dst).st_mode)
-            # follow both links
-            os.chmod(dst, stat.S_IRWXO)
-            shutil.copymode(src_link, dst_link)
-            self.assertEqual(os.stat(src).st_mode, os.stat(dst).st_mode)
+        # follow src link
+        os.chmod(dst, stat.S_IRWXO)
+        shutil.copymode(src_link, dst)
+        self.assertEqual(os.stat(src).st_mode, os.stat(dst).st_mode)
+        # follow dst link
+        os.chmod(dst, stat.S_IRWXO)
+        shutil.copymode(src, dst_link)
+        self.assertEqual(os.stat(src).st_mode, os.stat(dst).st_mode)
+        # follow both links
+        os.chmod(dst, stat.S_IRWXO)
+        shutil.copymode(src_link, dst_link)
+        self.assertEqual(os.stat(src).st_mode, os.stat(dst).st_mode)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'lchmod'), 'requires os.lchmod')
     @os_helper.skip_unless_symlink

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-15-20-29-49.gh-issue-113188.AvoraB.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Fix :func:`shutil.copymode` and :func:`shutil.copystat` on Windows.
+Previously they worked differenly if *dst* is a symbolic link:
+they modified the permission bits of *dst* itself
+rather than the file it points to if *follow_symlinks* is true or *src* is
+not a symbolic link, and did not modify the permission bits if
+*follow_symlinks* is false and *src* is a symbolic link.