"Holger Berger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think this is wasted time. The whole XATTR API is brain dead and
> should IMHO be depreciated in favor of a extension which will allow
> all applications to access such attribute files. You should also take
> into consideration that the XATTR API will not be supported on any
> other operating systems in the foreseeable future due its brokenness.
It seems that you missed the XATTR discussioon on the POSIX mailing list
in 2001 ....
1) The PATH only xattr interfaces have been declared unwanted.
2) The Sun XATTR implementation follows all wishes seen during this
discussion
3) If you do not believe, just thing about problems related to
XATTRS and find(1)
Also note:
1) The Sun XATTR interface is already standardized as part of the NFSv4
standard
1) Linux & FreeBSD currently work on a full NFSv4 implementation that
includes the NFSv4 XATTE interface which is the base of the
Solaris XATTR interface.
Jörg
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