https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/patch/?id=e8b56ebd536e82b15542a00c888109471936bfda
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2021-09/msg00031.html
(and https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2021-09/msg00035.html)

From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:57:41 +0100
Subject: chmod: fix exit status when ignoring symlinks

* src/chmod.c: Reorder enum so CH_NOT_APPLIED
can be treated as a non error.
* tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh: A new test.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/50784
--- a/src/chmod.c
+++ b/src/chmod.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ struct change_status
   enum
     {
       CH_NO_STAT,
-      CH_NOT_APPLIED,
       CH_FAILED,
+      CH_NOT_APPLIED,
       CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED,
       CH_SUCCEEDED
     }
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ process_file (FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent)
   if ( ! recurse)
     fts_set (fts, ent, FTS_SKIP);
 
-  return CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED <= ch.status;
+  return CH_NOT_APPLIED <= ch.status;
 }
 
 /* Recursively change the modes of the specified FILES (the last entry