Re: t/t1304: avoid -d option to setfacl (db82657)

[cc git@vger.kernel.org since that is the appropriate place for this discusion]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:59 PM, wsp
[off-list ref]
wrote:

Could this test case be reviewed again? It fails on FreeBSD where the appropriate way to specify default ACL's is with the "-d" option. The "d[efault]:" syntax is invalid on FreeBSD.

Well, I'm not sure there is a right answer here.

   Linux accepts -d or "d[efault]"
   Solaris only accepts "d[efault]"
   FreeBSD only accepts -d
   a quick search shows z/OS only accepts "d[efault]"
   other?

I think most everything else rolls their own implementation into chmod
or chacl or something like that.

The abandoned POSIX draft does actually specify the FreeBSD behavior.

So I think it's kind of a toss-up.  Which option we choose should
probably depend on whether we get more test coverage by using the
"d[efault]" notation or by using the -d option.  That depends on
whether there are more Solaris users compiling git or whether there
are more FreeBSD users.  I don't know the answer to that either.  I
tend to think there are very few of either.

-Brandon