[bug #59320] wget does not obey timestamping option when destination file is owned by "nobody"

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                 Summary: wget does not obey timestamping option when
destination file is owned by "nobody"
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 22 Oct 2020 04:01:38 PM UTC
                Category: Program Logic
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Jonathan Bondhus
        Originator Email: jonathan.bondhus@gmail.com
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 1.19.5
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
         Reproducibility: Every Time
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: Yes
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: No

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Details:

This behavior does not occur on wget 1.14 bundled with CentOS 7, however it
does occur on wget 1.19.5.

When a destination file already downloaded (same size and timestamp) is owned
by "root:wheel", wget honors the timestamping flag and does not re-download.
When this same destination file is owned by "nobody:wheel", wget **does not**
honor the timestamping flag, and always re-downloads the file, regardless of
it's modified date and size. I expected wget to honor the timestamping flag
regardless of the owner of the file.

See attached command output from wget 1.14 on CentOS 7 and wget 1.19.5 on
CentOS 8.



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Date: Thu 22 Oct 2020 04:01:38 PM UTC  Name: old@behavior.txt  Size: 7KiB  
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Date: Thu 22 Oct 2020 04:01:38 PM UTC  Name: new@behavior.txt  Size: 8KiB  
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