Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:20:03 GMT From: walter@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Message-ID: <201008171320.o7HDK35m040179@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: walter@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:23 +0200 Oliver Fromme writes: > The problem with this patch is that it breaks backwards- > compatibility. Some people might already use backslashes As far as I remember, the patch I proposed allowed a double backslash ('\\') to mean a single backslash ('\'). > in /etc/fstab, for whatever reason. This change would > make them rather unhappy, I'm afraid. Being unhappy for having to change a couple of entries in fstab is not nearly as bad as not being able to insert an entry altogether. > One way to circumvent the problem would be to use glabel(8) Yes, or mlabel(1). Although reformatting (and, thus, relabelling) is common on devices such as digital camera; it saves time compared to deleting everything. -- walter pelissero http://www.pelissero.de
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