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Re: [bug #22121] chcon help output refers to lchown system call
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: [bug #22121] chcon help output refers to lchown system call |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:41:22 +0100 |
Göran Uddeborg <address@hidden> wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #2, bug #22121 (project coreutils):
>
> Eh?
>
> You say that the problem does NOT affect current coreutils. But then you
> show an example that HAS the bug. What am I missing?
>
> In case I wasn't clear: my point was that referring to the system call
> "lchown" is wrong. chcon will not use that system call. It will use
> lsetxattr.
>
> (I was looking at version 6.9.92, which I picked from alpha.gnu.org. I
> discovered it while translating the messages to Swedish.)
"Eh?" indeed!
How odd.
I wonder what came over me :-)
I've just removed that line from --help output.
Thank you!