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authorBob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>2021-11-26 18:05:46 -0800
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-11-26 18:05:46 -0800
commitfc9d9c8809a8496bcafa30103b7d675df1ccff9f (patch)
tree1cf1c9fcd0c01a3ee53505a95c3f33f3c3f72111
parentad4da91d29959275d55a8d9cf43ac275ad418b86 (diff)
downloadxattr-fc9d9c8809a8496bcafa30103b7d675df1ccff9f.tar.gz
Clarify Linux `user` namespace requirement
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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+++ b/README.rst
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ file system objects (files, directories, symlinks, etc).
Extended attributes are currently only available on Darwin 8.0+ (Mac OS X 10.4)
and Linux 2.6+. Experimental support is included for Solaris and FreeBSD.
-Note: custom xattr keys need to be prefixed with `user.`, ie: `user.your_attr`.
+Note: On Linux, custom xattr keys need to be prefixed with the `user`
+namespace, ie: `user.your_attr`.