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[PATCH] doc: mention Linux capabilities are maintained by cp/mv

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Subject: bug#5917 closed by Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> (Re: bug#5917:
 [PATCH] doc: mention Linux capabilities are maintained by cp/mv)
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:48:02 +0000

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#5917: [PATCH] doc: mention Linux capabilities are maintained by cp/mv

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 5917-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5917: [PATCH] doc: mention Linux capabilities are maintained
	by cp/mv
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:46:53 +0200

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 11/04/10 13:53, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>> commit d047ee7da7f1b9a36ea34c7d064334900b15aac6
>>> Author: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
>>> Date:   Sat Apr 10 01:05:39 2010 +0100
>>>
>>>     doc: mention Linux capabilities are maintained by cp/mv
>>
>> Thanks.  That looks fine, but please do s/maintained/preserved/ in the log.
>
> I also removed any mention of Linux since it's not
> a Linux specific feature. log is now:
>
> doc: mention "capabilities" are preserved by cp/mv

Thanks!

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Report bugs to <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention Linux capabilities are maintained by cp/mv
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:25:41 +0100

commit d047ee7da7f1b9a36ea34c7d064334900b15aac6
Author: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Date:   Sat Apr 10 01:05:39 2010 +0100

    doc: mention Linux capabilities are maintained by cp/mv

    * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention that
    "Capabilities" are maintained when implemented
    using extended attributes.
    (mv invocation): Mention ACLs etc. are maintained
    due to xattrs being copied.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 2a5f4d4..3b26022 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7512,7 +7512,7 @@ if the preserving of SELinux security context is not succesful.
 @itemx xattr
 Preserve extended attributes if @command{cp} is built with xattr support,
 and xattrs are supported and enabled on your file system.
-If SELinux context and/or ACLs are implemented using xattrs,
+If SELinux context, ACLs or Capabilities are implemented using xattrs,
 they are preserved by this option as well.
 @itemx all
 Preserve all file attributes.
@@ -8274,7 +8274,8 @@ the destination partition and the second and third would be left on the
 original partition.

 @cindex extended attributes, xattr
-@command{mv} always tries to copy extended attributes (xattr).
+@command{mv} always tries to copy extended attributes (xattr), which may
+include SELinux context, ACLs or Capabilities.

 @cindex prompting, and @command{mv}
 If a destination file exists but is normally unwritable, standard input

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