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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2011-07-15 22:46:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2011-07-15 22:46:18 +0200 |
| commit | 1c8909017d006c8e4afeea6d1a1efdebe26fc6b0 (patch) | |
| tree | be08ebd9bc0d86298189bbaa449640d60c2e8ad7 /open_issues/xattr.mdwn | |
| parent | 4b50d974c3cca89a154704b01857790daf98e4d3 (diff) | |
IRC.
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diff --git a/open_issues/xattr.mdwn b/open_issues/xattr.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8b08ef1e --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/xattr.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!meta title="xattr: extended attributes"]] + +[[!tag open_issue_glibc open_issue_hurd]] + +IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-06-01 + + <gnu_srs> Another thing: the lsattr and chattr programs seems to be bogus + on Hurd. Are they present since they are part of e2fsprogs? + <youpi> I don't think the Hurd has an interface for it + <tschwinge> gnu_srs, youpi: lsattr/chattr are extended attributes, right? + We do have some patches from years ago for adding some support in glibc, + but they're not yet integrated. And also we do have a plan for using + these instead of our Hurd-specific passive translator information in + inodes. + +If interested in working on this, see [[!GNU_Savannah_task +#5503]]/[[!GNU_Savannah_patch #5126]], and talk to [[tschwinge]]. |