Gabriel, I've taken a look at the code in question, /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions, in function parse_numeric.
The pattern in question, [A-Fa-f0-9]*, will match any string of characters of arbitrary length (at least one character long) whose first character is a valid hex digit (0-9, a-f, or A-F). Remember, this is a shell pattern, not a regular expression. The following pattern will only match a string of from one to four characters in length, inclusive, all of which are valid hex digits. [A-Fa-f0-9] | [A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9] | [A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9] |\ [A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9] (Note the backslash-newline combination at the end of the first line to logically continue the line.) This MAY solve your problem. Note that this suggested change is NOT endorsed by the upstream developer or Debian package maintainer. Use at your own risk. But if you do try it, please report your results. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
