Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:58:45 +0200 From: Felix Palmen <zirias@freebsd.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible issue with linux xattr support? Message-ID: <hwugmejws4sihu2gi4ccqi34cplyq6dfctkhkb6crnuivz65pz@sbr6og3znxlv> In-Reply-To: <ZO8ea5sXCEKYimr1@heemeyer.club> References: <smfbmu35sxh2f3hu5nrpdwb355trlucd2bbp4ag5ke7v3zf3il@s3ua2x4i3nzj> <ZO4En1UJqcr4GGiw@heemeyer.club> <uvavvxn7vgjhf5fswoxcawuolvviq2idedxyt4fe6vtjlewsex@aqssespkdh4e> <ZO409dM4Ws7x_yuM@heemeyer.club> <g5lcvxsnjppbfchdtiufwxcbx7au2dbv2wkxwf5pqp66mo547b@vouujjivkgox> <ZO8EfRnfbF4ixn_L@heemeyer.club> <wp767un2xqnfmmox7uxrl3arrr3mzhccze7okk6zcmc4qnr2xj@kgjyjpezyfy6> <ZO8KaKBwliVeGdVG@heemeyer.club> <l5vgnwjddobhl5h2vceafhdo5uyqznaih7se7rk7bilwzqjpax@5ucptcralggq> <ZO8ea5sXCEKYimr1@heemeyer.club>
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--vsex4aaeia4dp5ve Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@freebsd.org> [20230830 13:48]: > On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 12:01:13PM +0200, Felix Palmen wrote: > > Unfortunately, install from GNU coreutils is now unable to install > > anything again. I tried both as 'nobody' and as 'root', it doesn't make > > a difference: > > [...] > > I assume the fsetxattr call needs some adjustment of error codes as well > > to make GNU tools play nice. > >=20 >=20 > I don't changed setxattr syscalls due to EPERM is a valid error from it, > however here's the essential difference between Linux and FreeBSD. > FreeBSD does not permits manipulatingg attributes in the > system namespace for unprivileged accounts. Interesting! (and, a weird design ...) > https://people.freebsd.org/~dchagin/xattr.patch Yes, that's basically the same change I meanwhile did locally, except I restricted the adjustment to cases of writing the system namespace -- not sure that's good for anything though. In short: Works fine that way! Cheers, Felix --=20 Felix Palmen <zirias@FreeBSD.org> {private} felix@palmen-it.de -- ports committer -- {web} http://palmen-it.de {pgp public key} http://palmen-it.de/pub.txt {pgp fingerprint} 6936 13D5 5BBF 4837 B212 3ACC 54AD E006 9879 F231 --vsex4aaeia4dp5ve Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iNUEABYKAH0WIQRpNhPVW79IN7ISOsxUreAGmHnyMQUCZO8g5V8UgAAAAAAuAChp c3N1ZXItZnByQG5vdGF0aW9ucy5vcGVucGdwLmZpZnRoaG9yc2VtYW4ubmV0Njkz NjEzRDU1QkJGNDgzN0IyMTIzQUNDNTRBREUwMDY5ODc5RjIzMQAKCRBUreAGmHny MRjhAQCuN46OK1MCEw59Yoqs3UQd8xqBHCErQhrdvGo63sBFzwD+Nn1qOaKTAq6y obtrGkkTtPMAm6/IXoUlTmIig9GayAA= =8wnN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vsex4aaeia4dp5ve--
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