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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:40:14 +0100
Subject: Re: setfacl: root of all evil?
From: "Houder" <houder@xs4all.nl>
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> On Feb 16 14:53, Houder wrote:
>> > Hi Corinna,
>> >
>> > Yes, sorry, setfacl again ...
>> [snip]
>>
>> > RFC :-)
>
> Dumb bug in Cygwin.  I found it and fixed it locally.

Indeed? Did expect a deliberate different school of thoughts ... Apparently,
not.

[snip]

> Actually, I don't think I'm going to apply the fix anyway.  As I
> mentioned last week, I'm mulling over a complete rewrite of the core
> functionality of chmod/acl to read and create ACLs in a unified way
> within a single set of functions, rather than having two sets of
> functions doing almost, but (as you noticed) not exactly the same thing.

Yes, took notice of that.

> I have a notion how to create more strict, more correct POSIX ACLs
> within the restrictions of Windows ACLs than the current implenentation,
> but this needs a lot of hacking and testing so it's not done quickly.

Alright. Not in hurry awaiting a solution (at least, I am not). Take your
time ...

Henri


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