The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: [email protected] (Walter C. Pelissero) To: Oliver Fromme <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:23 +0200 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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
