Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+"

[Mike Edenfield]

Jim Meyering wrote:

> A desire for compatibility makes "+" look good.
> "." is appealing for SELinux-only because it's inconspicuous.

Speaking as a fairly new SELinux user/admin, having a "." 
next to every file in my ls output is just as useful or 
non-useful as having a "+" next to them, so does it really 
buy anything?  I end up needing -Z either way.

Based on the kind of real-world problems I've had, the most 
useful thing ls could tell me about a file on my SELinux 
system would be that it *should* have a label and *doesn't*, 
something like:

if ( selinux_enabled )
  if ( label == NULL || label == fs.defaultlabel )
    use "!"
  else
    use " "
else if ( anything else )
  use "+"