[CalendarServer-dev] Re: twisted dav : xattrprops on linux

[Wilfredo Sánchez Vega]

   (Let's chat on the mailing list; I don't always respond to direct  
mail, get too much and all that.)

   That's a weird rule...

   Does it make sense for this to be hidden in the xattr library?   
Perhaps not...  I kinda hate to so this on OS X just because Linux is  
weird.

	-wsv


On Sep 9, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Vincent Kraeutler wrote:

> wilfredo,
>
> just stumbled across what looks like a minor issue with
> xattrs on linux: it seems that when writing xattrs, normal
> users are _required_ (at least on ext2/ext3) to prefix all
> attribute names with "user.". i.e. it is not possible to
> carry out
>
>>> import xattr
>>> xx = xattr.xattr("testFile")
>>> xx["foo"] = "bar"
>
> while
>
>>> xx["user.foo"] = "bar"
>
> works. if that is indeed the case, i would be tempted to suggest  
> prefixing
> twisted.web2.dav.xattrprops.xattrPropertyStore.deadPropertyXattrPrefix
> with "user.", i.e. replace "WebDAV:" with "user.WebDAV:" to enhance
> portability.
>
> i hope i am making sense.
>
> kind regards,
> v.
>
>

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