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> -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org