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Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:32:19 +0200 |
> From: Michael Albinus <address@hidden>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:19:09 +0100
>
> 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. */)
My take of the last sentence is below:
The latter can happen for local files if Emacs was not compiled with
ACL support, or for remote files if the file handler returns nil for
the file's ACL entries.
Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support, Romain Francoise, 2012/12/06