Hello Didier,
On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 10:24 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> Le jeudi 15 avril 2010 09:47:22 Frank Lin PIAT, vous avez écrit :
> >
> > The package usb-modeswitch-data provide the file:
> > /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/16d8:6803:?
> >
> > The question-mark "?" symbol is unusual on unix filesystem, and it is
> > almost guaranteed that it is going to break various script (both
> > provided by Debian and local admin ones).
> >
> > Also, I suggest to replace the column too.
>
> Although I recognise that ":" and "?" symbols are somehow special on Unix
> filesystems, I don't see this as a problem, because usb-modeswitch "just
> works"
> with those files. Thus downgrading severity to wishlist (I am of course open
> to
> discussion).
I was not concerned about usb-modeswitch not working, but I was worried
about third-party (bash) script, that may not be prepared to handle
unusual chars. I am especially thinking of script written by the local
system maintainer.
For instance, since the column is a standard delimiter for bash $PATH
variable, many script developer may assume that no single file contains
column.
> Furthermore, this is clearly an upstream issue which should be fixed there,
> to
> ensure cross-distribution compatibility, thus tagging as such. I will make
> sure
> upstream (CCed) is aware of the issue and eventually commenting on the
> bugreport.
>
> Is such an action schedule ("non-action" schedule…) fine for you?
Fixing the bug upstream is probably the sensible thing to do.
Regards,
Franklin
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