[RFC] Extended Attributes for Dos Attributes, Creation Time, etc.

[Ben Peddell]

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What are your thoughts on using Extended Attributes for items such as:
* Dos Attributes (like samba's "store dos attributes = yes")
* File Creation Times (like samba's proposed user.crtime)
* An option for alternate storage of NT ACLs (like samba's "vfs object =
acl-xattr")

Are Extended Attributes acceptable?
Or should they never touch the wine source?

Where would the portability functions for Extended Attributes on Linux,
Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris belong?  I would think in libport.

Attached is a patch to add extended attribute portability functions for
fgetxattr, fsetxattr and fremovexattr to libport.

Please give me any comments on this patch, and the idea of using
extended attributes.
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