From: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
smfrench-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
samba-w/Ol4Ecudpl8XjKLYN78aQ@public.gmane.org,
samba-technical-w/Ol4Ecudpl8XjKLYN78aQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: CIFS: Deprecating NFS mounting syntax in mount.cifs
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:56:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5086BE25.8080102@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1350583669-12118-1-git-send-email-scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On 10/18/2012 2:07 PM, scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> This patch adds a warning when using NFS mounting syntax (server:/share), instead of the usual UNC syntax (//server/share || \\server\share), that support for NFS style mounts will be removed in version 6.0 of the mount.cifs utility.
>
> The reasoning for this is simple. Support for NFS syntax is undocumented and increases maintenance overhead. This came up recently on the cifs-utils list when discussing how to handle mounting a share NFS style using an IPv6 address. Since the ':' character is valid in a POSIX file path or share name it is an ambiguous delimiter. Consider the following valid server share : "dead:beef::1:iSCSIExportedByIQN:storage".
>
> Instead of adding complicated code to the parser to support an undocumented feature, we're optin
> g to remove the feature in the mount utility in version 6.0 if there is no objection.
>
>
Jeff, it's been a few days and no one has objected (or really said
anything). Can we merge this patch?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-23 15:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-18 18:07 CIFS: Deprecating NFS mounting syntax in mount.cifs scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
[not found] ` <1350583669-12118-1-git-send-email-scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-18 18:07 ` [PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0 scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
[not found] ` <1350583669-12118-2-git-send-email-scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-23 19:40 ` Jeff Layton
2012-10-23 15:56 ` Scott Lovenberg [this message]
2012-10-23 16:47 ` CIFS: Deprecating NFS mounting syntax in mount.cifs steve
2012-10-23 17:02 ` Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <20121023130238.6100255d-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-23 17:22 ` steve
[not found] ` <5086D258.1020203-dZ4O0aZtNmBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-23 17:32 ` Scott Lovenberg
2012-10-23 17:36 ` Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <20121023133627.798100fb-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-24 6:47 ` steve
[not found] ` <5086CA29.8030305-dZ4O0aZtNmBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-23 17:27 ` Scott Lovenberg
[not found] ` <CAFB9KM26Qk-MC+_w-Q4Rrg3X0nMJ2efS72Y+GjWckgf9g6fzEg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-23 19:23 ` steve
2012-10-24 6:20 ` Scott Lovenberg
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2012-10-18 17:50 scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
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