Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > In my tests, I found that the textual representation of ACLs varies much > more than the API used to access the ACLs. > > The acl_entries() function, currently, converts the ACL to a string whose > format is undocumented and then starts counting newlines. This is already > known to go wrong on IRIX. > > Here's an implementation that is more reliable: it uses the documented > acl_get_entry() API. Except on two platforms: > - On IRIX, acl_get_entry is undocumented. > - On Tru64, acl_get_entry takes only 1 argument, not 3, and in my tests > always returned NULL. > But on these platforms, the innards of the ACL are exposed through > <sys/acl.h>. > > OK? > > > 2008-06-02 Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * lib/acl_entries.c (acl_entries): Rewrite to use acl_get_entry. > * lib/copy-acl.c (qcopy_acl): Update comment.
Impeccable work and obvious improvements. Go right ahead. Thanks!
