On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 09:01:05AM -0400, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > On Sat 21 May 05, 8:30 AM, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 01:53:28PM +0200, David Jardine wrote: > > > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 03:25:21AM +0200, Jacobo221 wrote: > > > > In Debian Sarge, in /etc/modules out-of-the-box, the comments say that > > > > nything after '#' is ingored. But this is wrong. Only lines which BEGIN > > > > with '#' are ignored. This should be changed. > > > > > > Hmm. 'Comments begin with a "#", and everything on the line after > > > them are ignored', says mine. > > > > Yes, but in some languages the "start the comment here" string (for instance > > "//") can come at any point in the line, say after an executed statement. > > Jacobo is saying that the "#" only works a the beginning of a line. > > is that really true? you mean I can't have a line in /etc/modules that > looks like: > > lego # device driver for the lego mindstorms USB tower > > that's too bad if it's true. >
No, it's not true. I've just tried it with: ide-scsi # 8139too and the first module is loaded but not the second. With: ide-scsi # just a comment 8139too # just a comment both are loaded normally with no complaints about the comments. > pete > > -- > Every theory is killed sooner or later, but if the theory has good in it, > that good is embodied and continued in the next theory. -- Albert Einstein > > GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
