Re: setfacl(2.4.0.14): recalculation of the ACL mask entry

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Dec 21 14:11, Houder wrote:
> On 2015-12-21 13:46, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Dec 20 18:52, Houder wrote:
> >>Hi Corinna,
> >>
> >>According to acl(5), the mask entry (as reported by getacl) is
> >>"optional" if
> >>the
> >>acl contains no 'u:uid:perm' and/or 'g:gid:perm' entries (ace's) ...
> >>Ahem.
> >>[...]
> >>However, setfacl(1) and your setfacl also note, that the default
> >>behaviour
> >>of
> >>setfacl is to recalculate the mask entry ...
> >>[...]
> >>I decided to experiment ... See below. (the mask entry is not
> >>recalculated,
> >>it
> >>appears).
> >
> >It is, but only in a limit number of scenarios.  I completely forgot
> >about recalculating when deleteing ACEs, in fact.  I checked this
> >against setfacl on Linux again, appied a patch and uploaded a new test
> >release 2.4.0-0.15.  The mask recalculation behaviour should now be
> >as close as possible to Linux, I hope.  I also renamed the --substitute
> >option to --set, as with Linux setfacl.
> >
> >Please give it a try.  Just, if it's still wrong, I guess a patch has
> >to wait until after the holidays.
> 
> Euh ... no problem here. Go, have a holiday!

Thanks :)


Corinna

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