Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-18 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
Oliver Fromme writes: > Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > > Is the Oktoberfest already on? > > > > The only wrong assumption is that you might be sober one day. > > So, when you're running out of sound arguments, you get personal? Your drink-and-writing is an offence in itself. You failed t

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-18 Thread Oliver Fromme
Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > Is the Oktoberfest already on? > > The only wrong assumption is that you might be sober one day. So, when you're running out of sound arguments, you get personal? Thank you very much for your contribution. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-18 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: wal...@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) To: Oliver Fromme Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:35:27 +0200

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-18 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
Oliver Fromme writes: > Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > > Oliver Fromme writes: > > > What prevents you from labelling a disk 'backup\500GB'? > > > > Besides some remorse about the uninspired name, nothing keeps you from > > that. Are you also going to boot from that volume? Because that

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Fromme To: wal...@pelissero.de Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:34:14 +0200 (CEST) Walter C

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > Oliver Fromme writes: > > What prevents you from labelling a disk 'backup\500GB'? > > Besides some remorse about the uninspired name, nothing keeps you from > that. Are you also going to boot from that volume? Because that is > what you were arguing just befor

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: wal...@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) To: Oliver Fromme Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:49:31 +0200

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
Oliver Fromme writes: > Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > > Oliver Fromme writes: > > > Sure, but still everyone who uses backslashes will have to > > > change his /etc/fstab *in advance*, or otherwise his box > > > will not boot after the update. > > > > It seems to be unlikely there are

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Fromme To: wal...@pelissero.de Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:06:26 +0200 (CEST) Walter C

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > Oliver Fromme writes: > > Sure, but still everyone who uses backslashes will have to > > change his /etc/fstab *in advance*, or otherwise his box > > will not boot after the update. > > It seems to be unlikely there are systems out there relying on a > boot-tim

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: wal...@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) To: Oliver Fromme Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:21:58 +0200

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
Oliver Fromme writes: > Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > > 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 > >

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Fromme To: wal...@pelissero.de Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:27:31 +0200 (CEST) Walter C

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > 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 ('\').

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
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. Thi

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: wal...@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) To: Oliver Fromme Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:23 +0200

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-follo...@freebsd.org, wal...@pelissero.de Cc: Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:47:46 +0200 (CEST) Walter C

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > > Number: 149424 > > Category: bin > > Synopsis: fstab and labels with whitespace > [...] > > Description: > /etc/fstab currently doesn't allow for whitespace anywhere but > between fields (or in comments). This makes impossi

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-16 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: wal...@pelissero.de (Walter C. Pelissero) To: Jaakko Heinonen Cc: bug-follo...@freebsd.org, wal...@pelissero.de Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:40:46 +0200

Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-16 Thread Jaakko Heinonen
The following reply was made to PR conf/149424; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jaakko Heinonen To: bug-follo...@freebsd.org, wal...@pelissero.de Cc: Subject: Re: bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:00:31 +0300 On 2010-08-08, Walter C. Pelissero wrote

bin/149424: fstab and labels with whitespace

2010-08-08 Thread Walter C. Pelissero
>Number: 149424 >Category: bin >Synopsis: fstab and labels with whitespace >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible:freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-reques