Configuration failed due to cp -p

[Amadrath]

uname: Linux 6.8.0-79-lowlatency #79.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Aug 16 07:14:37 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The configuration wizard failed during the last step due to lack of support for preserving permissions if copying a file to /tmp (cp -p). Changing the ownership of /tmp did not work. Neither does cp -a. What solved the issue for me, was setting up a temp directory and setting TMPDIR to point to it:

mkdir ~/temp
export TMPDIR=~/temp

It could be, that cp does not allow preservation, when the target is a directory with the sticky bit!? I have found no conclusive explanation for this behavior.

[redbasecap-buiss]

The cp -p calls in the wizard already have fallbacks — they try cp -p first and fall back to plain cp if it fails:

cp -p $__p9k_zshrc $zshrc_backup 2>/dev/null ||
  cp $__p9k_zshrc $zshrc_backup || quit -c

Your workaround of setting TMPDIR to a non-sticky-bit directory is also valid. If you're still experiencing issues with the latest version of the fork, please share the exact error output so we can investigate further.