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From: Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Levente Kurusa <levex@linux.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] initramfs: print error and shell out for unsupported content
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:22:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <532DD4E7.3070706@ahsoftware.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1395491361-28069-2-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de>

Am 22.03.2014 13:29, schrieb Alexander Holler:
> The initramfs generation is broken for file and directory names which contain
> colons, spaces and other unusual characters. Print an error and don't try to
> continue.

(...)
> +	# Files and directories with spaces and colons are unsupported.
> +	local unsupported=$(find "${srcdir}" -regex '.*\(:\| \|\n\|\r\|\t\).*')

I've just noted that -regex isn't POSIX. I don't know the kernel rules 
regarding this, and I don't care. But it might be a blocker for this patch.

Regards,

Alexander Holler



  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-22 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <532CC625.7020509@ahsoftware.de>
2014-03-22 12:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] initramfs: don't include filenames from the initramfs for make goals (dist)clean Alexander Holler
2014-03-22 12:29   ` [PATCH 2/2 v3] initramfs: print error and shell out for unsupported content Alexander Holler
2014-03-22 18:22     ` Alexander Holler [this message]
2014-03-31 20:31       ` Michal Marek
2014-04-01 11:23         ` Alexander Holler
2014-04-01 12:23           ` Michal Marek
2014-04-01 17:52             ` Alexander Holler
2014-10-19  7:18               ` [PATCH 1/2 v4] initramfs: don't include filenames from the initramfs for make goals (dist)clean Alexander Holler
2014-10-19  7:18                 ` [PATCH 2/2 v4] initramfs: print error and shell out for unsupported content Alexander Holler

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