From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Tue May 17 19:23:52 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5DD3B3E9CC for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 19:23:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6B1B1229 for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 19:23:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u4HJNqHF079630 for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 19:23:52 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 206809] [patch] Add Octal Number Support for install -f Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 19:23:52 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: 10.2-RELEASE X-Bugzilla-Keywords: patch X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: freebsd-bugs@nanoman.ca X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 19:23:52 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D206809 --- Comment #2 from A.J. Kehoe IV (Nanoman) --- Here's what install(1)'s manual shows for -f: "Specify the target's file flags; see chflags(1) for a list of possible fla= gs and their meanings." I interpret the first part of this sentence as meaning that the target's fi= le flags will be set to whatever has been defined by -f, not that they will be adjusted like what you'd get by using chflags(1). If I'm interpreting this incorrectly, then maybe this should be reworded to avoid confusion. When I see chflags(1) for a list of possible flags, the manual shows me that "flags are specified as an octal number or a comma separated list of keywor= ds". I interpret this as meaning that install(1) should support either octal numbers or keywords, but looking at /head/usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c, I see support for keywords, and no support for octal numbers. If the intention is to phase out usage of octal numbers, then maybe a better solution would be to change install(1)'s manual entry for its -f option to something like this: "Specify the target's file flags; see the keywords section of chflags(1) fo= r a list of possible flags and their meanings. Use -f '' to specify no flags f= or the target." --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=