FS#24270 - the use of colon ":" in package names
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Pacman
Opened by david (stryder) - Saturday, 14 May 2011, 09:37 GMT
Last edited by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 14:37 GMT
Opened by david (stryder) - Saturday, 14 May 2011, 09:37 GMT
Last edited by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 14:37 GMT
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Description:
Recently the "colon" has been introduced to package names, for example rasqal-1:0.9.21-1 redland-1:1.0.12-1 redland-storage-virtuoso-1:1.0.12-1 ntrack-1:13-1 lirc-utils-1:0.9.0-2 vi-1:050325-1 The colon is not a valid character for many filesystems, including samba. In my case, I am not able to make use of a share folder in virtualbox to update my system. Or any samba shares. If this persists I am forced to create a virtual disk just to hold my packages. This will be inefficient. In the case of this thread (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=118333) the person uses a thumb drive to transfer packages to his office computer which does not have an internet connection. The fat32 filesystem in his thumbdrive precludes these file names. Since many of our systems live in a mixed environment with different filesystems, it makes sense to have filenames that are widely acceptable. Additional info: * package version(s) * config and/or log files etc. Steps to reproduce: |
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Closed by Dan McGee (toofishes)
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 14:37 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: Use a better FS or chose mounting options wisely
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 14:37 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: Use a better FS or chose mounting options wisely
I think Ubuntu, being a Debian derivative, also uses colons. It doesn't seem to have prevented its widespread adoption, so it would be worth having a look at what advice they give to users.