[gentoo-dev] RFC: making ebuilds that provide mkfs.* programs include kernel config checks for fcaps (or other xattrs)

[Zac Medico]

Hi,

As suggested by Wojciech Myrda in bug 659486 [1], it would be helpful if
sys-fs/e2fsprogs would use the linux-info eclass to warn if the kernel
configuration doesn't include CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY=y when the user
has expressed a desire to use file capabilities. This idea can be
extended to any ebuild that provides an mkfs.* program. Thoughts?

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/659486#c11
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Thanks,
Zac