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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 8565aa83266..d0e3e6886f0 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -4055,14 +4055,19 @@ such as SELinux context, list of ACL entries, etc."
"Set extended attributes of file FILENAME to ATTRIBUTES.
ATTRIBUTES must be an alist of file attributes as returned by
-`file-extended-attributes'."
- (dolist (elt attributes)
- (let ((attr (car elt))
- (val (cdr elt)))
- (cond ((eq attr 'acl)
- (set-file-acl filename val))
- ((eq attr 'selinux-context)
- (set-file-selinux-context filename val))))))
+`file-extended-attributes'.
+Value is t if the function succeeds in setting the attributes."
+ (let (result rv)
+ (dolist (elt attributes)
+ (let ((attr (car elt))
+ (val (cdr elt)))
+ (cond ((eq attr 'acl)
+ (setq rv (set-file-acl filename val)))
+ ((eq attr 'selinux-context)
+ (setq rv (set-file-selinux-context filename val))))
+ (setq result (or result rv))))
+
+ result))
(defun backup-buffer ()
"Make a backup of the disk file visited by the current buffer, if appropriate.