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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!




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