Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> However, a long-term (forward-looking :-) solution should
>> also take into consideration the state of NFSv4 and ZFS.
>
> Yes, I'll see if I can pry free some time to look into that.
Here's a proposed patch to
Hello Paul,
> - if (n == 3)
> + /* On most hosts an ACL is trivial if n == 3, and it cannot be
> + less than 3. On IRIX 6.5 it is also trivial if n == -1.
> + For simplicity and safety, assume the ACL is trivial if n <= 3.
> + Also see file_has_acl.c for som
Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, a long-term (forward-looking :-) solution should
> also take into consideration the state of NFSv4 and ZFS.
Yes, I'll see if I can pry free some time to look into that.
> Either is fine with me and will work for that system,
> and you're welcom
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> - if (n == 3)
>> + /* If the ACL is trivial, there is no point in complaining that
>> + we cannot set it on DEST.
>> + An ACL is trivial if it has only the user/group/other entries,
>> +
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - if (n == 3)
> + /* If the ACL is trivial, there is no point in complaining that
> + we cannot set it on DEST.
> + An ACL is trivial if it has only the user/group/other entries,
> + or (on IRIX 6.5) if acl_entries (
Hi Paul and Jim,
Since the ACL module is not advertised as unstable, I started to make use of
it in the copy-file module: The copy_file_preserving function calls copy_acl
in order to copy ACLs from the original to the destination file. And
copy_file_preserving, in turn, is used by "msgmerge --upda
