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ls should show when extended system attributes are set

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From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
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: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:25:57 +0200

On Sunday, July 22, 2012 18:16:39 Jim Meyering wrote:
> 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.

Yes, there is a default color set for file capabilities.  I just wanted to 
highlight that --color does not imply we check for capabilities on its own. 
The way to skip the check even with --color is there intentionally because
of the following bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/467508

There is also a request similar to this one in Red Hat Bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/647786

Kamil

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