Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:23 +0200 From: walter@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Message-ID: <19562.35331.227820.561841@zaphod.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <201008171247.o7HClkX3069677@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <201008081231.o78CVv9m012032@zaphod.home.lan> <201008171247.o7HClkX3069677@lurza.secnetix.de>
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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
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