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.Last update: 04 September,1996
2003.1-92 #13
Classification: Editorial defect
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Interpretation Number: (to be assigned by the IEEE)
Topic: Appropriate privileges and portable assertions
Relevant Sections: p462n24
Interpretation Request:
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Page 462, lines 420-425: (PASC ref: 2003.1-93 #13)
24(C) If the implementation requires appropriate
privileges to set specific mode bits:
When the utility restoring the files from the
archive does not have the required appropriate
privileges to set a given mode bit and this
privilege is required, then the mode bits for
which the process does not have these privileges
are ignored.
Problem:
The conditionals for Assertion #24 require one or
documentation assertions to specify how the test is to be
performed and what is the expected outcome. Since these
documentation assertions would be conditional on
"documentation being provided", this assertion cannot be
portably tested.
Action:
Replace "24(C)" with "24(D)".
Also add after line 425:
Section 5 of POSIX.3."
IEEE Interpretation for 2003.1-1992
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The problem and actions statements are accepted as written.
The standard does not completely specify the testing constraints for these
assertions. This is an editorial omission. This will be documented in
an errata for the document and also referred to the
sponsor for clarifying wording in the next amendment, with the suggested
action being the action stated in the original text above.
Rationale for Interpretation:
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None.
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