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Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:19:09 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Romain Francoise <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi Eli,
Hi,
>>> +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.
| Return nil if file does not exist or is not accessible, or if Emacs is
| not able to determine the ACL entries. The latter happens, if Emacs was
| not compiled with ACL support, or a remote file handler returns nil
| ACL entries. */)
Similar wording could be applied to file-selinux-context and
set-file-selinux-context.
Once the patch is installed in the trunk (i.e., the interface is
stabilized), I will try to implement corresponding file name handlers.
> Thanks!
Best regards, Michael.
Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support, Romain Francoise, 2012/12/06