GNU bug report logs - #8391
chmod setuid & setguid bits

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: chris <at> computersalat.de, bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org, ovasik <at> redhat.com, 8391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8391: chmod setuid & setguid bits
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:26:56 -0800

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On 03/05/2012 02:27 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:

> Then how about using "==" or ":=" to designate the assignment?

That's too fancy.  Plain '=' would be better.

We can also support notations like '+700' and '-77' to
OR-in or AND-out arbitrary masks.  This would be
a clear and straightforward extension to the
existing symbolic modes.

Something like the attached patches for gnulib and
coreutils, perhaps?  If this looks OK
I'll add test cases.

[gnulib-patch.txt (text/plain, attachment)]

[cu-patch.txt (text/plain, attachment)]

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