Make Linux ACL support optional, as it requires CGo and makes the binary less portable

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/internal/io/fs/permissions/permission_linux.go b/internal/io/fs/permissions/permission_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bbc039b..0000000
--- a/internal/io/fs/permissions/permission_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package permissions
-
-/*
-#include "permission_linux.h"
-#cgo LDFLAGS: -L. -lacl
-*/
-import "C"
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"unsafe"
-)
-
-// ToRead checks whether user has Linux file system permissions to read a given file.
-func ToRead(user, filePath string) (bool, error) {
-	cUser := C.CString(user)
-	cFilePath := C.CString(filePath)
-
-	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cUser))
-	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cFilePath))
-
-	cOk, err := C.permission_to_read(cUser, cFilePath)
-	if cOk == 1 {
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		// err contains errno message
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	return false, errors.New("User without permission to read file")
-}