Re: [coreutils] [patch] Re: Install enhancement request: capabilities

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sunday, November 07, 2010 08:57:22 Yaron Sheffer wrote:
> I still don't see the logic of not including capabilities in the
> "install" feature set. We could use chmod and chown separately, too. But
> still, setting owner/group and mode are a core functionality of this
> utility. Similarly, if we think that POSIX capabilities are important
> (see e.g. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RemoveSETUID), we
> should make their use as easy and natural as possible. For me that means
> at the minimum support in install, tar (and derived packaging tools) and
> possibly ls.

FWIW, it'd make my life easier as a distro maintainer as i wouldnt need to 
force `setcap` on everyone ...
-mike

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