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

[Ben Peddell]

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Dan Kegel wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> did you see
> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15679
> http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-patches/2009-October/079842.html
> ?
> 
> IMHO the way the Samba sources merged the fd and filename
> version of the calls makes for less duplication of code.
> (I tried to do it the other way first, and it seemed ugly.)
> - Dan

I saw that, and that's at least part of why I created that extended
attribute portability patch for libport.  Serves as one location to fix
any bugs in it, or extend the support to other platforms.

I noticed that the portability functions in libport were each in their
own separate C file, and that's why I did it like that.

I can see what you're saying about duplication of code, and it would
make sense to merge the xattr portability functions into a single C file
(e.g. xattr.c).

If there's a better place for the xattr portability code, please say so.

I know it's unlikely to be merged until a few units actually start using
extended attributes.

Thinking about the NT ACL storage issue (brought up by bug #20643),
rather than using xattrs for that, POSIX ACLs would be a better target.

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