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| author | Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com> | 2001-04-25 05:09:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com> | 2001-04-25 05:09:42 +0000 |
| commit | a276dd51c33073e08ecf646fe0f4834382c2c5d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 4571eac5e809dd297b3f47dca70763acd374822d /build/rpm/attr.spec.in | |
| parent | d07643493924977a570e23d0b9a6e6322e73c3d4 (diff) | |
| download | attr-a276dd51c33073e08ecf646fe0f4834382c2c5d2.tar.gz | |
bump the revision number.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/build/rpm/attr.spec.in b/build/rpm/attr.spec.in index 54dfdb7..c9d4990 100644 --- a/build/rpm/attr.spec.in +++ b/build/rpm/attr.spec.in @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ URL: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ Group: System Environment/Base %description -An *experimental* command (attr) to manipulate extended attributes -under Linux. +A utility for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem +objects, compatible with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name. %package devel Summary: Extended attribute static libraries and headers. @@ -23,9 +23,14 @@ Requires: @pkg_name@ %description devel attr-devel contains the libraries and header files needed to -develop programs which make use of extended attributes. -This is an *experimental* interface, currently only XFS is -supported, and the interface may change. +develop programs which make use of extended attributes. This +interface is compatible with the SGI IRIX extended attribute +interface, and makes use of an unofficial Linux system call. + +Currently only XFS is supported, and the (experimental, unofficial) +system call interface is likely to change in the future. However, +the API built above this system call is unlikely to change and is +used by programs such as xfsdump(8), xfsrestore(8) and xfs_fsr(8). You should install attr-devel if you want to develop programs which make use of extended attributes. If you install attr-devel, |