From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 13:21:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EEFB10656A7 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:21:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from walter.pelissero@iesy.net) Received: from mail01.ish.de (mailout.ish.de [80.69.98.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E21A8FC0A for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:21:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [95.222.206.96] (account walter.pelissero@iesy.net HELO zaphod.home.lan) by mail-fe-02.mail01.ish.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.18) with ESMTPSA id 374718165; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:11:49 +0200 Received: from zaphod.home.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zaphod.home.lan (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o7HD9NC2025315; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wcp@zaphod.home.lan) Received: (from wcp@localhost) by zaphod.home.lan (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o7HD9NTh025312; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wcp) From: walter@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19562.35331.227820.561841@zaphod.home.lan> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:23 +0200 To: Oliver Fromme In-Reply-To: <201008171247.o7HClkX3069677@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <201008081231.o78CVv9m012032@zaphod.home.lan> <201008171247.o7HClkX3069677@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Mailer: VM 8.1.1 under 23.2.1 (i386-portbld-freebsd8.1) X-Attribution: WP X-For-Spammers: blacklistme@pelissero.de X-MArch-Archive-ID: 129315 X-MArch-Processing-Time: 0.5s Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: walter@pelissero.de List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:21:54 -0000 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