From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.10]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1471385782D for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:22:58 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org D1471385782D Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux-m68k.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=whitebox@nefkom.net Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BbRS16M1kz1rvxj; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:22:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BbRS168Drz1qyXk; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:22:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wrlsMKA_ClWD; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:22:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: 9iBLEYJRHJShZuT5/dGub1TRoXCuTwk6KKXwwZpV++qerlx/mVr99E0JWMRVU9qO Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-176-66.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.176.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:22:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C3F702C2786; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:22:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: Florian Weimer Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Linux: lchmod and AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW support for fchmodat References: <877dux5hf6.fsf@igel.home> <87blk9ry5d.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <875z97xbya.fsf@igel.home> <87y2m381lw.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <87wo1nvvxu.fsf@igel.home> <87imd77zqv.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <87sgcbvv8s.fsf@igel.home> <87eenv7zj2.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <87o8mzvuwj.fsf@igel.home> <877dtn7z6q.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> X-Yow: Jesus is my POSTMASTER GENERAL.. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:22:56 +0200 In-Reply-To: <877dtn7z6q.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> (Florian Weimer's message of "Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:16:45 +0200") Message-ID: <87k0xnvujz.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:23:00 -0000 On Aug 25 2020, Florian Weimer wrote: > Why would lchmod of a regular file fail? Nobody calls lchmod on a regular file. The one and only point of lchmod is to call it on a symlink. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."