From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 16:26:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Changing Special Permissions): Remove this statement:
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0_27~47
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eaa53735c23f56e91a265923b998b4a97df4b3a6;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(Changing Special Permissions): Remove this statement:
`a' in the USERS part of a symbolic mode does not cause the special
permissions to be affected...  It doesn't reflect what the code does
and isn't required by POSIX.  Reported by aldomel@ix.netcom.com via
Mike Stone.
---

diff --git a/doc/perm.texi b/doc/perm.texi
index 939d333df2..3577c8bec9 100644
--- a/doc/perm.texi
+++ b/doc/perm.texi
@@ -276,18 +276,8 @@ o+t
 
 Remember that the special permissions only affect files that are
 executable, plus, on some systems, directories (on which they have
-different meanings; @pxref{Mode Structure}).  Using @samp{a}
-in the @var{users} part of a symbolic mode does not cause the special
-permissions to be affected; thus,
-
-@example
-a+s
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-has @emph{no effect}.  You must use @samp{u}, @samp{g}, and @samp{o}
-explicitly to affect the special permissions.  Also, the
-combinations @samp{u+t}, @samp{g+t}, and @samp{o+s} have no effect.
+different meanings; @pxref{Mode Structure}).
+Also, the combinations @samp{u+t}, @samp{g+t}, and @samp{o+s} have no effect.
 
 The @samp{=} operator is not very useful with special permissions; for
 example, the mode: