On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 03:40:23 -0800 Brian Harring <ferri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 09:44:47AM +0100, Michaaa GGGrny wrote: > > This should help with all the issues mentioned, including binpkg > > support. Moreover, user could use the tool manually to restore/reset > > filecaps if they were lost or unapplied (e.g. due to incorrect > > kernel config). > > Every issue you've raised is addressable at the PM level- generally > speaking, done better at the PM level. > > Basically... please fix the problem at the correct location. > Capabilities, xattrs, etc, are not a temporary fad- they're > increasingly a core requirement of a linux system (thus the PM that > manages it). The place for this functionality is in the PM- more > importantly, trying to do it outside of it just makes a bigger mess > for PM/format authors when inevtiably it has to be pulled in. Yes, you are completely right. PM should handle that, as well as it can with current EAPIs, and even better with higher EAPI. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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