Merge pull request #3151 from keszybz/pr3149-2

Assorted fixes #3149 + one commit tacked on top

src/basic/copy.c

@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int fd_copy_directory(
                         q = fd_copy_symlink(dirfd(d), de->d_name, &buf, fdt, de->d_name);
                 else if (S_ISFIFO(buf.st_mode))
                         q = fd_copy_fifo(dirfd(d), de->d_name, &buf, fdt, de->d_name);
-                else if (S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(buf.st_mode))
+                else if (S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(buf.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(buf.st_mode))
                         q = fd_copy_node(dirfd(d), de->d_name, &buf, fdt, de->d_name);
                 else
                         q = -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int copy_tree_at(int fdf, const char *from, int fdt, const char *to, bool merge)
                 return fd_copy_symlink(fdf, from, &st, fdt, to);
         else if (S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode))
                 return fd_copy_fifo(fdf, from, &st, fdt, to);
-        else if (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(st.st_mode))
+        else if (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode))
                 return fd_copy_node(fdf, from, &st, fdt, to);
         else
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;

src/basic/path-util.c

@@ -772,6 +772,19 @@ bool hidden_or_backup_file(const char *filename) {
         if (!p)
                 return false;
 
+        /* Please, let's not add more entries to the list below. If external projects think it's a good idea to come up
+         * with always new suffixes and that everybody else should just adjust to that, then it really should be on
+         * them. Hence, in future, let's not add any more entries. Instead, let's ask those packages to instead adopt
+         * one of the generic suffixes/prefixes for hidden files or backups, possibly augmented with an additional
+         * string. Specifically: there's now:
+         *
+         *    The generic suffixes "~" and ".bak" for backup files
+         *    The generic prefix "." for hidden files
+         *
+         * Thus, if a new package manager "foopkg" wants its own set of ".foopkg-new", ".foopkg-old", ".foopkg-dist"
+         * or so registered, let's refuse that and ask them to use ".foopkg.new", ".foopkg.old" or ".foopkg~" instead.
+         */
+
         return STR_IN_SET(p + 1,
                           "rpmnew",
                           "rpmsave",
@@ -786,7 +799,10 @@ bool hidden_or_backup_file(const char *filename) {
                           "ucf-new",
                           "ucf-old",
                           "ucf-dist",
-                          "swp");
+                          "swp",
+                          "bak",
+                          "old",
+                          "new");
 }
 
 bool is_device_path(const char *path) {