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bug#12020: ls should show when extended system attributes are set
From: |
Kamil Dudka |
Subject: |
bug#12020: ls should show when extended system attributes are set |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:25:57 +0200 |
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On Sunday, July 22, 2012 18:16:39 Jim Meyering wrote:
> Kamil Dudka wrote:
> > On Sunday, July 22, 2012 14:40:46 Jim Meyering wrote:
> >> When already using --color, we do get each test result for free
> >
> > Not really. The check for file capabilities is optional even with
> > --color.
> > The 'ca' indicator in $LS_COLORS needs to be set to a color to enable
> > this.
>
> Hi Kamil,
>
> While true that you can disable it,
> with the default color settings, that indicator is set,
>
> $ dircolors --pr |grep CAP
> CAPABILITY 30;41 # file with capability
>
> so with --color, the check is performed unless you arrange
> to turn it off.
Yes, there is a default color set for file capabilities. I just wanted to
highlight that --color does not imply we check for capabilities on its own.
The way to skip the check even with --color is there intentionally because
of the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/467508
There is also a request similar to this one in Red Hat Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/647786
Kamil