Hi Andries,
I guess Andreas is the best one to answer these questions,
as the original author of these tools and the man pages in
question (current contact address above).
cheers.
On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 08:37:22PM +0200, Andries.Brouwer@xxxxxx wrote:
> Three remarks:
>
> (i)
> # setfattr -x user.gat -v 12 /mnt/aa
> Usage: setfattr {-n name|-x name} [-v value] [-h] file...
> Try `setfattr --help' for more information.
> # setfattr -x user.gat /mnt/aa
> #
>
> The Usage: message is too complicated, and moreover wrong. Maybe make it
> Usage: setfattr -n name [-v value] [-h] file...
> or: setfattr -x name [-h] file...
>
> (ii)
> # getfattr -d /mnt/aa
> getfattr: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
> # file: mnt/aa
> user.gut="abc"
>
> #
>
> It is unclear to me why getfattr has to tell me that it
> is going to print the name given without a slash.
> It seems silly - the working directory is nowhere near
> / or /mnt so this leading / is not at all superfluous,
> and mnt/aa denotes an entirely different file.
> (And it is not the name relative to the mountpoint either.)
>
> Probably this is a leftover from ancient times that should be removed.
> (Or is it an attempt to mimic tar?)
>
> (iii)
> The manpage tells me to send remarks to a.gruenbacher@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> or linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, but the first address bounces.
>
> Andries
>
> By the way - is there improvement is the copyright situation?
> Last I asked I was still not permitted to distribute the section 2-7
> manpages in the manpages package.
> [Requirement: page and modified versions can be distributed freely.]
>
>
--
Nathan
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