From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 15:00:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EED816A4D2 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:00:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3F2B43D5E for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:00:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i95F0ddU076433 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:00:39 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i95F0drc076430; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:00:39 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:00:39 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200410051500.i95F0drc076430@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Pierre Beyssac Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68AC716A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:57:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.enst.fr (enst.enst.fr [137.194.2.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085E043D2F for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:57:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from beyssac@bofh.enst.fr) Received: from bofh.enst.fr (bofh.enst.fr [137.194.32.191]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "bofh.enst.fr", Issuer "ENST CA" (not verified)) by smtp2.enst.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A425D53A92 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:57:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bofh.enst.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bofh.enst.fr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i95Evc3R076369 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:57:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from beyssac@bofh.enst.fr) Received: (from beyssac@localhost) by bofh.enst.fr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i95Evc43076368; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:57:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from beyssac) Message-Id: <200410051457.i95Evc43076368@bofh.enst.fr> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:57:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Pierre Beyssac To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pierre Beyssac List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:00:45 -0000 >Number: 72355 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 05 15:00:39 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Pierre Beyssac >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 i386 and 6.0-current >Organization: ENST >Environment: System: FreeBSD bofh.enst.fr 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #2: Mon Sep 27 19:38:14 CEST 2004 beyssac@bofh.enst.fr:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/BOFH i386 >Description: Cannot "strings" a disk device even if you want to: # strings /dev/da2s1 strings: Warning: '/dev/da2s1' is not an ordinary file # Two misfeatures in one: 1. the warning is bogus, it is actually treated as an error: strings exits instead of going on with its job as would seem logical. 2. there is no documented way to override this behaviour. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Unknown. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: