Subject: bug#17669: Fwd: Re: Solaris acl woes

From: Bernhard Voelker <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 19:41:50 +0200

On 10/20/18 5:30 AM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> (triaging old bugs)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This bug ( https://bugs.gnu.org/17669 ) deals
> with ACL test failures on Solaris for coreutils 8.22 .
> 
> Shortly after the release of 8.22 (but few months before this
> bug was submitted), Bernard pushed this:
> 
> ----
> commit 5d7591d0edf0dd31c2daa195ee766c1383b89f4c
> Author: Bernhard Voelker <[email-masked]>
> Date:   Fri Jan 10 16:48:25 2014 +0100
> 
>   tests: improve test for a working setfacl
>   Prompted by a test framework failure of tests/mkdir/p-acl.sh on armv7l:
>   The previous test for a working setfacl was not sufficient in some
>   circumstances.
> ----
> 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=5d7591d0edf0dd31c2daa195ee766c1383b89f4c
> 
> 
> Is that by any chance solve the problem ?

yes, possibly, although 'require_setfacl_' does not use different
setfacl/getfacl syntax for Solaris/*BSD.

> (is this even still a problem?)

sorry, I don't have a Solaris system here, and your CFARM doesn't have
xattr-devel installed.

Thanks & have a nice day,
Berny