Re: [PATCH] file-has-acl: new module, split from acl

[Andreas Grünbacher]

2015-04-28 22:28 GMT+02:00 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>:
>> Function gl_FILE_HAS_ACL depends on gl_FUNC_ACL to be called
>> afterwards, and gl_FUNC_ACL does get called through the gnulib module
>> dependencies. Now why is LIB_HAS_ACL being set in both functions?
>>
> I worried that gl_FILE_HAS_ACL might be invoked either before, or after,
> gl_FUNC_ACL.
>
> Your message is confusing, because the first part of it
> implies the former, and the middle part implies the latter.  If we know one
> of the two alternatives is impossible, then yes we can simplify the code
> accordingly.

Hmm well, you are probably right that gl_FUNC_ACL does get called before
gl_FILE_HAS_ACL. But the order should be deterministic in any case, no?

Thanks,
Andreas