--- shutil.py.old	2006-02-25 22:16:52.000000000 -0600
+++ shutil.py	2006-02-25 23:06:35.000000000 -0600
@@ -75,23 +75,48 @@
 
     The destination may be a directory.
 
+    If copying the file succeeds but copying the mode fails, no error
+    is reported.
+
     """
     if os.path.isdir(dst):
         dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src))
     copyfile(src, dst)
-    copymode(src, dst)
+    try: copymode(src, dst) 
+    except OSError, err:
+        trace = sys.exc_info()[2]
+        try:
+            from errno import EACCES, EPERM
+        except ImportError:
+            raise OSError, err, trace
+        else:
+            if err.errno not in [EACCES, EPERM]:
+                raise OSerror, err, trace
+    else: return True
 
 def copy2(src, dst):
     """Copy data and all stat info ("cp -p src dst").
 
     The destination may be a directory.
 
+    If copying the file succeeds but copying the mode fails, no error
+    is reported.
+
     """
     if os.path.isdir(dst):
         dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src))
     copyfile(src, dst)
-    copystat(src, dst)
-
+    try: copystat(src, dst) 
+    except OSError, err:
+        trace = sys.exc_info()[2]
+        try:
+            from errno import EACCES, EPERM
+        except ImportError:
+            raise OSError, err, trace
+        else:
+            if err.errno not in [EACCES, EPERM]:
+                raise OSerror, err, trace
+    else: return True
 
 def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False):
     """Recursively copy a directory tree using copy2().