Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:30:04 GMT From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Message-ID: <201008171330.o7HDU4jk049539@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
To: walter@pelissero.de
Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:27:31 +0200 (CEST)
Walter C. Pelissero wrote:
> 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 ('\').
Sure, but still everyone who uses backslashes will have to
change his /etc/fstab *in advance*, or otherwise his box
will not boot after the update. Changing the syntax of
/etc/fstab is a very delicate issue.
Of course, it would be possible to change the syntax in a
backwards-compatible way. But this would require more code
and would potentially introduce more complications.
> > 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.
As I wrote, there are several workarounds.
> > 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.
Well ... I always format my camera's memory card under
FreeBSD after I have downloaded all images from it (which
requires connecting to the FreeBSD machine anyway).
I cannot format the card with the camera anyway because
that wouldn't work with my CHDK firmware. :)
Best regards
Oliver
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