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has caused the Debian Bug report #865525,
regarding [mount] Make escaping of space in fstab correspond common escaping
rules
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Package: mount
Version: 2.29.2-1
Severity: wishlist
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Hello dear friends.
I suggest to make escaping of space symbols in /etc/fstab be corresponding
common rules, just like in Bash:
-or to take all line with path, where space symbols are present, into quotes
("/home/user/some folder"),
-or to allow specifying spaces after backslash symbol (home/user/some\ folder).
Possibility to escape spaces with current way (\040) is good, but it can
confuse people and make them spending more time on learning documentation
and\or searching in internet.
Also, if different programs will use different rules for specifying common
things, this would lead to misunderstandings and to need spend much time
finding and learning information.
I like the "standardized" approach of Linux: different files of programs are
laying in different predetermined places, one program answers for installing
packages, one - to work with dependencies, all help pages can be received by
launching different programs with "--help" key, so nobody will confuse finding
what he needs. All answers common rules, which were derived by years of
practice.
So I suggest to correct behavior of working with /etc/fstab file to more easy
and standard way.
Best regards, Vladislav.
--- System information. ---
Architecture:
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64
Debian Release: 9.0
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150 stable dl.google.com
150 betsy linux-mint.froonix.org
150 betsy extra.linuxmint.com
149 zesty ppa.launchpad.net
149 yakkety ppa.launchpad.net
149 xenial ppa.launchpad.net
149 trusty ppa.launchpad.net
149 stable kxstudio.linuxaudio.org
149 lucid ppa.launchpad.net
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Suggests (Version) | Installed
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nfs-common (>= 1:1.1.0-13) |
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--- Begin Message ---
Closing wishlist bugs that want to change upstream behaviour, with
no activity for a while.
If you feel your bug is still important enough to keep track of,
please directly contact upstream (again). Preferably with patches.
As a reminder, upstream contact points for bug reports are:
E-MAIL: [email protected]
Web: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues
Best,
Chris
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