On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:47 AM Gleb Popov <6year...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > I tried compiling kio/src/core/kacl.cpp on FreeBSD, which does support POSIX > ACLs, and failed. This is because KACL's code uses non-standard > Linux-specific acl_* functions. I tried implementing them using standard ones > and it turned out to be impossible, mainly because types like acl_t are > opaque to the user of the library. > > For instance, there is no standard acl_get_perm() function and it is > impossible to implement it without getting into acl_permset_t. > > Now I'm a bit unsure how to solve this. I can implement non-standard > functions in FreeBSD's libc without touching KACL code, or I can rewrite the > KACL class to be truly POSIX-compliant. The latter seems to be a better idea > on the first look, but it'd require keeping track of all the permission flags > set (again, because there is no acl_get_perm()) inside. This will turn KACL > class from being a tiny acl_* wrapper into a beefy chunk of code, but at > least we won't lie that it is POSIX-compliant. > > Any thoughts? > > P.S. Please CC me, as I'm not subscribed.
Adding Adriaan who has been working on KDE+FreeBSD things. Aleix
