[PATCH 1/1] uapi: fix broken link in linux/capability.h

Sun Jun 29 14:27:29 UTC 2025

Thanks for noticing that!

Acked-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan at kernel.org>

Cheers

Andrew

On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM Ariel Otilibili
<ariel.otilibili-anieli at eurecom.fr> wrote:
>
> The link to the libcap library is outdated:
>
> > $ curl "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/"
> >
> > <html>
> > <head><title>Index of /pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/</title></head>
> > <body>
> > <h1>Index of /pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/</h1><hr><pre><a href="../">../</a>
> > </pre><hr></body>
> > </html>
>
> Instead, use a link to the libcap2 library:
>
> > $ curl "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/"
> >
> > <html>
> > <head><title>Index of /pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/</title></head>
> > <body>
> > <h1>Index of /pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/</h1><hr><pre><a href="../">../</a>
> > <a href="old/">old/</a>                                               08-Nov-2007 06:34       -
> > <a href="libcap-2.00.tar.gz">libcap-2.00.tar.gz</a>                                 11-Jan-2014 16:49     37K
> > <a href="libcap-2.00.tar.sign">libcap-2.00.tar.sign</a>                               11-Jan-2014 16:49     819
> > [...]
> > <a href="libcap-2.76.tar.sign">libcap-2.76.tar.sign</a>                               13-Apr-2025 18:20     833
> > <a href="libcap-2.76.tar.xz">libcap-2.76.tar.xz</a>                                 13-Apr-2025 18:20    195K
> > <a href="sha256sums.asc">sha256sums.asc</a>                                     13-Apr-2025 18:25     14K
> > </pre><hr></body>
> > </html>
>
> As well, give the complete reference of the POSIX compliance.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ariel Otilibili <ariel.otilibili-anieli at eurecom.fr>
> ---
> Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
> Cc: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan at kernel.org>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/capability.h | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
> index 2e21b5594f81..ea5a0899ecf0 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
> @@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
>   * Alexander Kjeldaas <astor at guardian.no>
>   * with help from Aleph1, Roland Buresund and Andrew Main.
>   *
> - * See here for the libcap library ("POSIX draft" compliance):
> + * See here for the libcap2 library (compliant with Section 25 of
> + * the withdrawn POSIX 1003.1e Draft 17):
>   *
> - * ftp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/
> + * https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/
>   */
>
>  #ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_CAPABILITY_H
> --
> 2.34.1
>