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Re: TAKE - attr-2.3.0, add trusted namespace into XFS

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Subject: Re: TAKE - attr-2.3.0, add trusted namespace into XFS
From: Ethan Benson <erbenson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:34:29 -0900
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On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 08:11:39PM +1100, Nathan Scott wrote:
> Transition from xfsroot attribute namespace to the more generic
> trusted namespace which other filesystems are also supporting.
> 
> * Note: xfsdump and xfsrestore are affected by a change in libattr
> which deprecates the attribute name prefix "xfsroot", replacing
> it with the generic "trusted" name.  The environment variable
> COMPAT_XFSROOT can be set in order to preserve the old behavior.
> Users of new kernels should use this new attr-2.3.0 package.

hmm, so what happens when one upgrades the kernel and xfsroot
attributes exist on the filesystems ? (they do when a ACL is
present iirc).

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Ethan Benson
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