[Bug 373282] Re: Volume labels containing / are confusingly mangled
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal/ ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373282 Title: Volume labels containing / are confusingly mangled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/373282/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 373282] Re: Volume labels containing / are confusingly mangled
It appears that this bug is not specific to Ubuntu on armel, so the armel tag has been removed. If something changes, and you later believe that this bug only happens on armel, please add the armel tag again. ** Tags removed: armel -- Volume labels containing / are confusingly mangled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373282 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 373282] Re: Volume labels containing / are confusingly mangled
I can reproduce using a USB flash drive and Partition Editor. The problem is a little more serious than I first thought. Whenever a program makes substitution of user input, there is a possibility of creating duplicates. For example, one partition is labeled '/' and another '%'. Both will attempt to mount under '/media/%'. The '/' causes problem because it is an invalid filename, and so is the dot. When you label a partition '.', it gets mounted to '._', and again a possibility of duplicates. It's certainly not consistent. I see another option to handle this problematic case, which is already used right now. Use the 'sda1' or whatever name it happens to be under /dev. It is guarantied to be unique and is more useful. There are other collision cases if you would label a partition cdrom, but this is another matter. There are also inconsistencies in how the label is displayed in the File Browser, showing '%' in lieu of '/' but showing the unchanged '.' as opposed to '._'. Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! BugSquad ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Volume labels containing / are confusingly mangled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373282 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 373282] Re: Volume labels containing / are confusingly mangled
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26435258/Dependencies.txt -- Volume labels containing / are confusingly mangled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373282 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
