Compiling Mksquashfs - XATTR_SUPPORT question

[anikin]

Please, help me make a choice: is XATTR_SUPPORT needed in Mksquashfs tool?

###############################################
# Extended attribute (XATTRs) build options #
###############################################
#
# Building XATTR support for Mksquashfs and Unsquashfs
#
# If your C library or build/target environment doesn't support XATTRs then
# comment out the next line to build Mksquashfs and Unsquashfs without XATTR
# support
XATTR_SUPPORT = 1

# Select whether you wish xattrs to be stored by Mksquashfs and extracted
# by Unsquashfs by default. If selected users can disable xattr support by
# using the -no-xattrs option
#
# If unselected, Mksquashfs/Unsquashfs won't store and extract xattrs by
# default. Users can enable xattrs by using the -xattrs option.
XATTR_DEFAULT = 1

Thank you in advance.

[mavrothal]

AFAIK, xattr, acl are not supported by Aufs.
You may even have difficulties compiling with options, if you run frugal.
So, you may want to comment out XATTR_DEFAULT and maybe XATTR_SUPPORT

[anikin]

Thank you very much, mavrothal!