From 4f1d7d31737310082d0e03b0007d0c25db175480 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 04:26:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (dired-copy-file): Handle file-date-error.

---
 lisp/dired-aux.el | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index ebab6fee438..4588c8e8bcf 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -949,7 +949,10 @@ Special value `always' suppresses confirmation.")
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun dired-copy-file (from to ok-flag)
   (dired-handle-overwrite to)
-  (copy-file from to ok-flag dired-copy-preserve-time))
+  (condition-case ()
+      (copy-file from to ok-flag dired-copy-preserve-time)
+    (file-date-error (message "Can't set date")
+		     (sit-for 1))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun dired-rename-file (from to ok-flag)