Re: [Chicken-users] bug or usage problem with posix group-information and there is no change-group?
On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 13:44 +0100, Vasilij Schneidermann wrote: > Hello Matt, > > > > > In the repl calling group-information with the string name of a > > group > > works fine, in compiled code I get an error, expected fixnum but > > received string. I tested with Chicken 4.13 > I can reproduce this with the test code being `(group-information > "root")`. > FWIW, I get a warning during compilation, not an error. The compiled > code runs just fine and emits the expected result. This is due to > the > relevant entry in the `types.db` file stating that the group- > information > procedure accepts an integer only. If you unpack the release tarball > and change the enclosed `types.db` to specify `(or string fixnum)` > for > the first argument of the function, the compiled CHICKEN should > behave > correctly. Ah, yes, it was a warning, not an error. My mistake. > > > > > Also I see a change-file-owner but no change-file-group. A change- > > file- > > group would be useful as you can change the group without being > > root. > > I.e. an analog to the chgrp command would be useful. > Have you inspected the documentation of that procedure? It accepts > three arguments, the path to the file and the new user ID and group > ID, > therefore it allows implementing both `chown` and `chgrp`. I don't > think an extra procedure is necessary. > I had tried by setting the user id to my user id and group to the group-id but it failed - on looking again I see that I was testing in an xterm where I had not done a newgrp to make the group I'd added for testing available. My mistake again. Thanks for taking a look and sorry for the noise. > Vasilij ___ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
Re: [Chicken-users] bug or usage problem with posix group-information and there is no change-group?
Hello Matt, > In the repl calling group-information with the string name of a group > works fine, in compiled code I get an error, expected fixnum but > received string. I tested with Chicken 4.13 I can reproduce this with the test code being `(group-information "root")`. FWIW, I get a warning during compilation, not an error. The compiled code runs just fine and emits the expected result. This is due to the relevant entry in the `types.db` file stating that the group-information procedure accepts an integer only. If you unpack the release tarball and change the enclosed `types.db` to specify `(or string fixnum)` for the first argument of the function, the compiled CHICKEN should behave correctly. > Also I see a change-file-owner but no change-file-group. A change-file- > group would be useful as you can change the group without being root. > I.e. an analog to the chgrp command would be useful. Have you inspected the documentation of that procedure? It accepts three arguments, the path to the file and the new user ID and group ID, therefore it allows implementing both `chown` and `chgrp`. I don't think an extra procedure is necessary. Vasilij ___ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
[Chicken-users] bug or usage problem with posix group-information and there is no change-group?
In the repl calling group-information with the string name of a group works fine, in compiled code I get an error, expected fixnum but received string. I tested with Chicken 4.13 Also I see a change-file-owner but no change-file-group. A change-file- group would be useful as you can change the group without being root. I.e. an analog to the chgrp command would be useful. ___ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
