linux-ext4 - chattr: operation not supported ( on symlinks )

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Date:	Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:16:24 -0500
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@...ntu.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: chattr: operation not supported ( on symlinks )

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It seems that symlinks return -ENOTSUP for lsattr, causing chattr -R
to spew errors.  Why don't symlinks support attributes, and if not,
shouldn't chattr know this and suppress operating on symlinks instead
of spewing errors?

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