8.26. Attr-2.5.2

The Attr package contains utilities to administer the extended attributes of filesystem objects.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 4.1 MB

8.26.1. Installation of Attr

Add a missing include:

sed -Ee "1s|(.*)|#include <libgen.h>\n\1|;" -i tools/attr.c

Prepare Attr for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --disable-static  \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/attr-2.5.2

Compile the package:

make

The tests must be run on a filesystem that supports extended attributes such as the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems. To test the results, issue:

make -k check

One test is known to fail because of a minor inconsistency. The following command should return the failure:

grep -A1 '\[13\] \$' test-suite.log

Install the package:

make install

Installed programs: attr, getfattr, and setfattr

Installed library: libattr.so

Installed directories: /usr/include/attr and /usr/share/doc/attr-2.5.2

attr	Extends attributes on filesystem objects
getfattr	Gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects
setfattr	Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects
`libattr`	Contains the library functions for manipulating extended attributes