Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices

Joerg Schilling
2004-08-10T10:27:22Z

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>From alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Mon Aug 9 17:35:14 2004

>export LC_ALL=cy_GB.UTF-8
>run cdrecord
>review the output. Its using a hardcoded 8859-1/15 symbols so it breaks.

This is a problem of the people who use UTF-8..... sorry, but when
they are tought that moving to UTF-8 is without problems is is just wrong.
N.B. This is not a bug in cdrecord but wrong expectations from the users.

>> BTW: this also appears to your comments on the Solaris device handling....
>> Did you ever install Solaris 10 and test?

>I've seen it on older Solaris. When drives walk between scsi busses as
>the system is running it doesn't like it

If you like that people believe this, you would need to proof it. I've never
seen it.....so I won't believe until you at least exactly describe the scenario
when this should ocur.

Jörg

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