setfacl(2.4.0.14): recalculation of the ACL mask entry

[Houder]

On 2015-12-21 13:46, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Dec 20 18:52, Houder wrote:
>> Hi Corinna,
>> 
>> According to acl(5), the mask entry (as reported by getacl) is 
>> "optional" if
>> the
>> acl contains no 'u:uid:perm' and/or 'g:gid:perm' entries (ace's) ... 
>> Ahem.
>> [...]
>> However, setfacl(1) and your setfacl also note, that the default 
>> behaviour
>> of
>> setfacl is to recalculate the mask entry ...
>> [...]
>> I decided to experiment ... See below. (the mask entry is not 
>> recalculated,
>> it
>> appears).
> 
> It is, but only in a limit number of scenarios.  I completely forgot
> about recalculating when deleteing ACEs, in fact.  I checked this
> against setfacl on Linux again, appied a patch and uploaded a new test
> release 2.4.0-0.15.  The mask recalculation behaviour should now be
> as close as possible to Linux, I hope.  I also renamed the --substitute
> option to --set, as with Linux setfacl.
> 
> Please give it a try.  Just, if it's still wrong, I guess a patch has
> to wait until after the holidays.

Euh ... no problem here. Go, have a holiday!

Regards,
Henri

> 
> 
> Thanks a lot for testing this so extensively,
> Corinna


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