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Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support
From: |
Romain Francoise |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:45:46 +0100 |
Hi Eli,
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> Suggest an additional entry "@cindex access control list" here.
Ok.
> We don't mention "ACL" or explain it anywhere else in the manual. So
> this acronym should be explained here, and its first use should use
> @dfn, as we do with any new terminology.
Makes sense. I'll try to come up with a description general enough to
apply to all potential platforms.
>> +DEFUN ("file-acl", Ffile_acl, Sfile_acl, 1, 1, 0,
>> + doc: /* Return ACL entries of file named FILENAME, as a string.
>> +Return nil if file does not exist or is not accessible, or if Emacs was
>> +not compiled with ACL support. */)
> The last sentence of the doc string is inaccurate, because remote
> files are supported even if Emacs was not built with ACL support.
Yes... if there's an implementation of file-acl for the remote handler.
This bit was inherited from the SELinux functions, which have a similar
docstring. I'm not sure how to phrase it better, though.
Thanks!
Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support, Romain Francoise, 2012/12/06