docs/84268: chmod(1) manpage's BUGS entry is either wrong or too cryptic

[Ceri Davies]

The following reply was made to PR docs/84268; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net>
To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys at opusnet.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/84268: chmod(1) manpage's BUGS entry is either wrong or too cryptic
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 23:14:09 +0100

 On 31 Jul 2005, at 15:30, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
 >  Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net> writes:
 >
 >
 >> Failing that, it means 'S' and 'T'.
 >>
 >
 >  Then the BUG entry doesn't say what it means and will waste people's
 >  time trying to figure out what it does mean.
 
 I agree.
 
 >  I still think the BUGS section should be removed.
 
 I agree.
 
 >  Or I can make a new patch with:
 >
 >    There is no "perm" option which sets the sticky bit and also unsets
 >    the execute/search bit, and vice-versa, depending upon the "op"
 >    value.  The same applies to each of the setuid and setgid bits.
 >
 >    There once was a man from Nantucket...
 >
 >  I sure don't see that as a BUG; just a (good) design decision.
 
 I agree.
 
 Anyone disagree?  (You have two days to say so).
 
 Ceri
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