GNU bug report logs - #13226
24.3.50; set-file-acl on MS Windows shall check ACL string format

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 13226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 13226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13226: 24.3.50;
	set-file-acl on MS Windows shall check ACL string format
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:32:36 -0500

> (file-acl "~/.emacs")

> "O:S-1-5-21-3955186872-1115707380-970145838-1000G:S-1-5-21-3955186872-1115707380-970145838-513D:(A;;FA;;;SY)(A;;FA;;;BA)(A;;FA;;;S-1-5-21-3955186872-1115707380-970145838-1000)"

This looks thoroughly unportable.

> (file-acl "/plink:albinus <at> ford:~/.emacs")

> "user::rwx
> group::rwx
> other::r-x
> "

We should probably change file-acl so that its return value is tagged
with the "acl-system" it uses.  It could be a prefix like "w32:".
Then we can change set-file-acl so that it can either try to perform
conversion or signal a proper error that copy-file can handle.


        Stefan
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