On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2025-11-16 14:09, Thomas Wolff via Cygwin-apps wrote: > > Am 16.11.2025 um 21:57 schrieb Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps: > >> On 2025-11-16 12:17, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote: > >>> On 2025-11-16 02:46, Thomas Wolff via Cygwin-apps wrote: > >>>> Please add manual page acl(5) to package cygwin-doc: > >>>> acl(5): Access Control Lists - Linux man page > >>>> <https://linux.die.net/man/5/acl> > >>> > >>> Discussed previously with Alex on man-pages(-linux), and as they are part > >>> of > >>> a package, considered them out of scope as they would be installed if the > >>> package was installed. > >>> > >>> Discussed with Corinna on patches and she considered the Linux ACL pages > >>> not fit > >> ^W > >> cygwin/-apps Subject: ...acl man pages 2025-03-31+ > >> > >> Listed all acl-related man pages from sources previously listed below. > >> ITP on apps but received no responses => no interest or demand! > >> > >>> for purpose on Cygwin, and suggested the BSD acl man-pages were a better > >>> fit. > >>> They are not available except as part of a *BSD man-pages package, some of > >>> which I install locally, but has not been requested by anyone else until > >>> now. > >>> > >>> Is there much interest out there for other distro man pages, or even > >>> Linux, > >>> which we currently package? > >>> > >>> I have previously downloaded and installed these for various interests: > >>> > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 363K Nov 12 2022 /home/BWI/src/man/acl-2.3.2.tar.xz # Linux > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 98M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/CentOS_7.1.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 6.9M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/Darwin_7.0.1.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 235M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/Debian_8.1.0.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 12M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/FreeBSD_12.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 15M Mar 9 2025 /home/BWI/src/man/FreeBSD_15.0.tgz # ACL... > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 222M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/FreeBSD_Ports_11.1.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 15M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/HP-UX_11.22.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 1.6M Apr 30 2018 /home/BWI/src/man/Linux_4.16.tar.xz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 39M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/NetBSD_7.1.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 9.6M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/OpenBSD_6.2.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 13M Mar 2 2010 /home/BWI/src/man/OpenSolaris_2010.03.tgz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 37M Dec 7 2017 > >>> /home/BWI/src/man/Red_Hat_Linux_i386_9.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 12M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/SunOS_5.10.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 58M Dec 7 2017 > >>> /home/BWI/src/man/SuSE_Linux_i386_11.3.tar.gz > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 4.4M Dec 7 2017 /home/BWI/src/man/X11_R7.4.tar.gz > >>> > >>> Linux is up to date: > >>> > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 12M Nov 13 07:02 man-pages-linux-6.16-1-noarch.tar.xz > >>> > >>> Everyone is waiting to see if Austin group will release POSIX 2025! > >>> > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 2.6M Apr 12 2021 man-pages-posix-2017a-1.tar.xz > > > Well, the point is: get/setfacl man pages are part of cygwin-doc but the > > description of how acls work and particularly of how default acls work in > > these > > is lousy at best; > > acl(5) has a much better description but is not part of any cygwin package > > right > > now. > > Please have a look at previous posts about relevant distro man pages suggested > by Corinna in Cygwin, acl related contents listed by me on Cygwin-Apps, > suggest > which man pages may best meet your needs, then others may chime in, or you may > download and install them yourself - I use > /proc/cygdrive/c/usr/local/share/man/ > FYI.
Cygwin also supports Solaris-style ZFS ACLs, are they being covered by those manpages too? Aurélien -- Aurélien Couderc <[email protected]> Big Data/Data mining expert, chess enthusiast
