GNU bug report logs - #12020
ls should show when extended system attributes are set

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Luk Claes <luk <at> debian.org>

Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:17:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>
Cc: eblake <at> redhat.com, 12020 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, luk <at> debian.org
Subject: bug#12020: ls should show when extended system attributes are set
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:16:39 +0200

Kamil Dudka wrote:
> On Sunday, July 22, 2012 14:40:46 Jim Meyering wrote:
>> When already using --color, we do get each test result for free
>
> Not really.  The check for file capabilities is optional even with --color.
> The 'ca' indicator in $LS_COLORS needs to be set to a color to enable this.

Hi Kamil,

While true that you can disable it,
with the default color settings, that indicator is set,

   $ dircolors --pr |grep CAP
   CAPABILITY 30;41 # file with capability

so with --color, the check is performed unless you arrange
to turn it off.
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