[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown |
Date: |
Sun, 06 Sep 2020 17:19:53 +0300 |
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: stefan@marxist.se, 41570@debbugs.gnu.org, blicher@comcast.net
> Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2020 23:54:25 -0400
>
> > > Changing a file's owner not supported on this OS. Switch to
> GNU/Linux.
>
> > But this is not true: if one has a 'chown' command available (and I
> > do), it will and should work as intended.
>
> I was replying to a message which seemed to say there was none, but I
> don't claim to know anything about Windows.
There are ports of GNU Coreutils floating around.
> Whatever the situation may be, the message could give users suitable
> advice. "Install the chown command to make this work" could be used,
> provided the chown command in question is free software.
If the suggestion is to tweak the text of the error message a little
on non-Posix platforms, it'd be fine by me. Patches welcome.
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, Stefan Kangas, 2020/09/03
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, A. Peter Blicher, 2020/09/03
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/04
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, Stefan Kangas, 2020/09/04
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, Richard Stallman, 2020/09/04
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/05
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, Richard Stallman, 2020/09/05
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, A. Peter Blicher, 2020/09/06
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, Richard Stallman, 2020/09/07
- bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown, A. Peter Blicher, 2020/09/08