diff -u glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/changelog glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/changelog
--- glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/changelog
+++ glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+glib2.0 (2.18.2-0ubuntu2.2) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * Backported patch from Karmic: fix permissions being overwritten when
+    copying symlinks (LP: #418135).
+    - Add debian/patches/62_skip-perms-on-symlinks.patch (originally upstream
+      commits). 
+
+ -- Arand Nash <ienorand@gmail.com>  Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:45 +0200
+
 glib2.0 (2.18.2-0ubuntu2.1) intrepid-security; urgency=low
 
   * SECURITY UPDATE: possible arbitrary code execution when processing large
diff -u glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/patches/series glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/patches/series
--- glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/patches/series
+++ glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/patches/series
@@ -6,0 +7 @@
+62_skip-perms-on-symlinks.patch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- glib2.0-2.18.2.orig/debian/patches/62_skip-perms-on-symlinks.patch
+++ glib2.0-2.18.2/debian/patches/62_skip-perms-on-symlinks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+Description: when copying symlinks, we cannot also copy file permissions,
+ since those would get written to the symlink target, not the symlink itself.
+Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/418135
+Upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593406
+Patch: from git://git.gnome.org/glib
+ e695c0932f5d02f3b222f0b7a3de1f8c00ba7b81
+ bb7852e34b1845e516290e1b45a960a345ee8a43
+ 48e0af0157f52ac12b904bd92540432a18b139c7
+ 3826963e65d8c4c68bcd3e4066505f63ef734b95
+
+
+Index: glib2.0-2.18.2/configure.in
+===================================================================
+--- glib2.0-2.18.2.orig/configure.in	2008-10-16 16:31:59.000000000 +0200
++++ glib2.0-2.18.2/configure.in	2009-09-09 02:28:20.000000000 +0200
+@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@
+ 
+ # Check for some functions
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(lstat strerror strsignal memmove vsnprintf stpcpy strcasecmp strncasecmp poll getcwd vasprintf setenv unsetenv getc_unlocked readlink symlink fdwalk)
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(chown lchown fchmod fchown link statvfs statfs utimes getgrgid getpwuid)
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS(chown lchmod lchown fchmod fchown link statvfs statfs utimes getgrgid getpwuid)
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getmntent_r setmntent endmntent hasmntopt getmntinfo)
+ # Check for high-resolution sleep functions
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(nanosleep nsleep)
+Index: glib2.0-2.18.2/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
+===================================================================
+--- glib2.0-2.18.2.orig/gio/glocalfileinfo.c	2008-10-16 16:31:48.000000000 +0200
++++ glib2.0-2.18.2/gio/glocalfileinfo.c	2009-09-09 02:28:20.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1808,15 +1808,40 @@
+ 
+ static gboolean
+ set_unix_mode (char                       *filename,
++               GFileQueryInfoFlags         flags,
+ 	       const GFileAttributeValue  *value,
+ 	       GError                    **error)
+ {
+   guint32 val;
++  int res = 0;
+   
+   if (!get_uint32 (value, &val, error))
+     return FALSE;
+-  
+-  if (g_chmod (filename, val) == -1)
++
++#ifdef HAVE_SYMLINK
++  if (flags & G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS) {
++#ifdef HAVE_LCHMOD
++    res = lchmod (filename, val);
++#else
++    struct stat statbuf;
++    /* Calling chmod on a symlink changes permissions on the symlink.
++     * We don't want to do this, so we need to check for a symlink */
++    res = g_lstat (filename, &statbuf);
++    if (res == 0 && S_ISLNK (statbuf.st_mode))
++      {
++        g_set_error_literal (error, G_IO_ERROR,
++                             G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
++                             _("Cannot set permissions on symlinks"));
++        return FALSE;
++      }
++    else if (res == 0)
++      res = g_chmod (filename, val);
++#endif
++  } else
++#endif
++    res = g_chmod (filename, val);
++
++  if (res == -1)
+     {
+       int errsv = errno;
+ 
+@@ -2109,7 +2134,7 @@
+   _g_file_attribute_value_set_from_pointer (&value, type, value_p, FALSE);
+   
+   if (strcmp (attribute, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_MODE) == 0)
+-    return set_unix_mode (filename, &value, error);
++    return set_unix_mode (filename, flags, &value, error);
+   
+ #ifdef HAVE_CHOWN
+   else if (strcmp (attribute, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_UID) == 0)
+@@ -2222,7 +2247,7 @@
+   value = _g_file_info_get_attribute_value (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_MODE);
+   if (value)
+     {
+-      if (!set_unix_mode (filename, value, error))
++      if (!set_unix_mode (filename, flags, value, error))
+ 	{
+ 	  value->status = G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STATUS_ERROR_SETTING;
+ 	  res = FALSE;
+Index: glib2.0-2.18.2/configure
+===================================================================
+--- glib2.0-2.18.2.orig/configure	2008-10-16 16:41:13.000000000 +0200
++++ glib2.0-2.18.2/configure	2009-09-09 02:28:20.000000000 +0200
+@@ -34584,7 +34584,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ 
+-for ac_func in chown lchown fchmod fchown link statvfs statfs utimes getgrgid getpwuid
++for ac_func in chown lchmod lchown fchmod fchown link statvfs statfs utimes getgrgid getpwuid
+ do
+ as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5