Re: the nonexistent "sys/xattr.h" gnulib module

2024-03-17 Thread Gordon Steemson
Hi all, > On Mar 17, 2024, at 5:09 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > > Hi Gordon, > >>> It seems to me that many GNU packages (coreutils, emacs, gettext, sed, at >>> least) include only for the purpose of ACLs. >> >> That was why I was trying to make them work, yes. The libacl package >> requires

Re: the nonexistent "sys/xattr.h" gnulib module

2024-03-17 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Gordon, > > It seems to me that many GNU packages (coreutils, emacs, gettext, sed, at > > least) include only for the purpose of ACLs. > > That was why I was trying to make them work, yes. The libacl package > requires them and is in turn taken advantage of if present by a great many > oth

Re: the nonexistent "sys/xattr.h" gnulib module

2024-03-17 Thread Gordon Steemson
Hi all, On Mar 17, 2024, at 2:32 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > >> Is this a thing that anyone would want submitted to GNUlib? > > It seems to me that many GNU packages (coreutils, emacs, gettext, sed, at > least) include only for the purpose of ACLs. That was why I was trying to make them work, y

Re: the nonexistent "sys/xattr.h" gnulib module

2024-03-17 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Gordon, > Some time ago, I got a rudimentary version of a GNU/Linux-compatible > "sys/xattr.h" module working on my Mac. (For those unfamiliar with the > trivia involved, Mac OS includes eight of the twelve xattr functions > natively, but with extra parameters that simultaneously render them >

the nonexistent "sys/xattr.h" gnulib module

2024-03-17 Thread Gordon Steemson
Hi all, Some time ago, I got a rudimentary version of a GNU/Linux-compatible "sys/xattr.h" module working on my Mac. (For those unfamiliar with the trivia involved, Mac OS includes eight of the twelve xattr functions natively, but with extra parameters that simultaneously render them not directly