[Bug 204093] perl -i resets file ACLs and EAs

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Chris Weyl <cweyl at alumni.drew.edu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|CLOSED                      |ASSIGNED
         Resolution|NOTABUG                     |




--- Comment #7 from Chris Weyl <cweyl at alumni.drew.edu>  2008-11-28 14:13:42 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> So perl goes the extra mile to leave the resulting file in a state as close to
> the original. It should do so with ACLs and EAs as well.
> 
> Reopening.

This would also fit nicely with the principle of least surprise, as well.  I
know other tools (e.g. tar) at least support command line options to preserve
acls/extattrs; something like that in Perl would not be unreasonable.

Have you taken this to upstream, and asked for guidance?

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