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List:       linux-man
Subject:    [Bug 51871] getxattr() man page wrongly refers to ENOATTR
From:       bugzilla-daemon () bugzilla ! kernel ! org
Date:       2012-12-22 8:19:28
Message-ID: 20121222081928.C6D8211FBAA () bugzilla ! kernel ! org
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--- Comment #2 from Anonymous Emailer <anonymous@kernel-bugs.osdl.org>  2012-12-22 08:19:28 ---
Reply-To: hch@infradead.org

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 06:13:54PM +0000, bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org
wrote:
> --- Comment #1 from Andrew Perepechko <andrew_perepechko@xyratex.com>  2012-12-20 18:13:53 ---
> Hm, actually ENODATA is an alias of ENOATTR defined in libattr header.

But that's:

 a) not how normal Posix errno values are supposed to work.  I
 b) limited to using xattr, whichle getxattr is also exposed by glibc
 directly.

This really needs an explanation in the NOTES section, I'll see if I can
come up with someting useful.

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