From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:20:33 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: safe_open_ex: add a comment about why O_PATH doesn't work.
X-Git-Tag: v0.1.3~3
X-Git-Url: http://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?p=apply-default-acl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=450699ecf86f3bebab00ca162349270730026d7f

safe_open_ex: add a comment about why O_PATH doesn't work.
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diff --git a/src/libadacl.c b/src/libadacl.c
index 21b8141..01cb4ad 100644
--- a/src/libadacl.c
+++ b/src/libadacl.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
  *   open a file descriptor in a symlink-safe way when combined with
  *   the @c O_NOFOLLOW flag.
  *
+ * The @c O_PATH flag is not used because we want to fail upon
+ * encountering any symlinks.
+ *
  * @param at_fd
  *   A file descriptor relative to which @c pathname will be opened.
  *