# [FreeBSD? BUG]: t1304-default-acl.sh fails on FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE

2 messages from 2010-08-17 to 2010-08-18. Participants: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24761

## Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 2010-08-17 03:17

Subject: [FreeBSD? BUG]: t1304-default-acl.sh fails on FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE
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t/t1304-default-acl.sh fails on FreeBSD, seemingly because setfacl on
FreeBSD doesn't have a meaningful return code:

    $ setfacl -m u:root:rwx . ; echo $?
    setfacl: .: acl_get_file() failed: Operation not supported
    0

But on Linux:

    $ setfacl -m u:root:rwx . ; echo $?
    setfacl: .: Operation not supported
    1

The Solaris setfacl also behaves.

The FreeBSD manpage says this:

    EXIT STATUS
         The setfacl utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

Anyone here know more about FreeBSD to shed light on this?

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## Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 2010-08-18 19:14

Subject: Re: [FreeBSD? BUG]: t1304-default-acl.sh fails on FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE
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In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikTu2vSCMPqtFvD964XsURayf2MNGSVW1nAaY1d@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 03:17, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
> t/t1304-default-acl.sh fails on FreeBSD, seemingly because setfacl on
> FreeBSD doesn't have a meaningful return code:
>
>    $ setfacl -m u:root:rwx . ; echo $?
>    setfacl: .: acl_get_file() failed: Operation not supported
>    0
>
> But on Linux:
>
>    $ setfacl -m u:root:rwx . ; echo $?
>    setfacl: .: Operation not supported
>    1
>
> The Solaris setfacl also behaves.
>
> The FreeBSD manpage says this:
>
>    EXIT STATUS
>         The setfacl utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
>
> Anyone here know more about FreeBSD to shed light on this?

I sent this upstream with a patch:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=149780

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