Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 13:58:36 +0000 (GMT) From: Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: mkisofs and false assertions? Message-ID: <199601041358.NAA04263@elbereth.blueberry.co.uk>
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How do,
Just been experimenting with mkisofs to build some backup images of my
HD.
I used this command line:
mkisofs -a -A "Blueberry Web Tree" -o www.iso -P "Blueberry Design Ltd." \
-p "Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk>" -R -T -V "www" -v -N -d \
/usr/local/www
Long lines broken, obviously. Note the last two parameters, -N and -d.
>From the man page for mkisofs,
-d Omit trailing period from files that do not have a
period. This violates the ISO9660 standard, but it
happens to work on many systems. Use with caution.
-N Omit version numbers from ISO9660 file names. This
may violate the ISO9660 standard, but no one really
uses the version numbers anyway. Use with caution.
So as far as I can tell, I should not need to use these parameters.
However, if I try and run mksiofs without them then I get one of two
assertion faults. If I omit -N then I get
mkisofs v1.03
assertion "omit_version_number" failed: file "/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/mkisofs/mkisofs.c", line 335
Abort (core dumped)
and if I omit -d I get
mkisofs v1.03
assertion "omit_period" failed: file "/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/mkisofs/mkisofs.c", line 336
Abort (core dumped)
So I'm wondering why mkisofs requires these parameters to be given, despite
their use producing non-standard images?
A quick 'grep mkisofs' in both the FAQ and the handbook turned up nothing
on this subject.
Nik
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--+=[ Blueberry Hill Blueberry Design ]=+--
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--+=[ WebMaster@blueberry.co.uk London, England, SW10 0XE ]=+--
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