From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 13:30:04 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7018610656A5 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:30:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 442D58FC1B for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o7HDU4Cv049548 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:30:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o7HDU4jk049539; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:30:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:30:04 GMT Message-Id: <201008171330.o7HDU4jk049539@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Oliver Fromme Cc: 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: Oliver Fromme List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:30:04 -0000 The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Fromme 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 -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd With Perl you can manipulate text, interact with programs, talk over networks, drive Web pages, perform arbitrary precision arithmetic, and write programs that look like Snoopy swearing.