Package: util-linux
Version: 2.20.1-5.2
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
At present the sole available syntax to unbind a device is:
raw /dev/raw/raw<N> 0 0
That syntax is inconvenient because:
1) A command line switch uses fewer characters.
2) There are too many Linux man pages to read. Users
skim, and when looking for a given function,
users skim the man page for indented command line switches.
Users skimming 'man raw' for an unmount/unbind command line switch
find nothing. This leads them to wonder if there's
a separate 'unraw' command.
Unless the lucky user skims the 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION:
"Unbinding can be done by specifying major and minor 0."
3) The "0 0" syntax requires the use of arbitrary "magic numbers".
It would be convenient to have such a switch. "-u, --unbind" might
be good names. Keep the current "0 0" syntax as well, no need to break
any existing code.
HTH...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.46
ii dpkg 1.16.9
ii initscripts 2.88dsf-32
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii libblkid1 2.20.1-5.2
ii libc6 2.13-35
ii libncurses5 5.9-10
ii libselinux1 2.1.9-5
ii libslang2 2.2.4-15
ii libtinfo5 5.9-10
ii libuuid1 2.20.1-5.2
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian7
ii tzdata 2012c-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
util-linux recommends no packages.
Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
ii dosfstools 3.0.13-1
ii kbd 1.15.3-9
pn util-linux-locales <none>
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