From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 501CB3857C7D for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:08:06 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 501CB3857C7D 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 4BbR6s0m91z1qs0m; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:08:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BbR6s0W3Gz1qyXk; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:08:05 +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 i0grPpRADli7; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:08:04 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: v+eUqUAfmx0UVK4/rrpcS8h8j17Mp0IPZOjQqDa3Nx3Hel+eSrP6xIYdAMcyrtcL 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 13:08:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DEC872C2786; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:08:03 +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> X-Yow: I love ROCK 'N ROLL! I memorized the all WORDS to ``WIPE-OUT'' in 1965!! Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:08:03 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87imd77zqv.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> (Florian Weimer's message of "Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:04:40 +0200") Message-ID: <87sgcbvv8s.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 11:08:07 -0000 On Aug 25 2020, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Andreas Schwab: > >> On Aug 25 2020, Florian Weimer wrote: >> >>> * Andreas Schwab: >>> >>>>> I have not been able to convince the kernel developers to add the >>>>> required system call. Maybe you will have more luck with that? >>>> >>>> What's the point of having lchmod if it always fails anyway? >>> >>> It used to be stub that always failed, but it does not anymore. >> >> Yes, it does. The only point of lchmod is to call it on a symlink, and >> that always fails. > > I'm not sure your assumption is correct. lchown-type We are talking about lchmod, not lchown. 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."