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chgrp: mention of being a member of the target group

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Message #21 received at 17495-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Wouter Thielen <wouter <at> morannon.org>
Cc: 17495-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17495: chgrp: mention of being a member of the target group
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:57:41 +0100

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On 06/19/2014 02:34 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> The variation on some systems where users can give away files
> is discussed at the "APPLICATION USAGE" and "RATIONALE" sections of:
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/chown.html
> 
> We should mention this _portable_ behavior in the info doc at least
> for chown and chgrp

Done in the attached.

thanks,
Pádraig.

[chgrp-docs.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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