Re: [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: Add a QA check for installing xattrs

Mike Gilbert <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Sep 2021 21:09:34 -0400

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 1:20 PM Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote:
> +               eqawarn
> +               eqawarn "It is impossible to reliably guarantee that the extended attributes"
> +               eqawarn "will be reliably preserved while merging.  Please ensure that any"
> +               eqawarn "extended metadata necessary is applied in pkg_postinst() phase,"
> +               eqawarn "and that the implementation includes a fallback if necessary."

This message suggests that applying xattrs in pkg_postinst is
acceptable. However, your patch offers no way to disable the QA
warning for ebuilds that do so.