[issue974] grml-rebuildfstab confuses user when multiple partitions have the same label

Michael Prokop bts at bts.grml.org
Sun Mar 20 13:17:34 CET 2011


Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> added the comment:

* Christian Hofstaedtler wrote in grml's BTS on 20110320 / 13:11:

> grml-rebuildfstab only adds the first partition with a particular label to 
> /etc/fstab.

Jepp.

> It's more common than we thought that this occurs. (Esp. on auto-partitioned disks 
> (RH Installer...) or prop. OSes.)

Yeah.

But multiple identical labels won't work (that's why just for the
first label the label entry is used and all the others should fall
back to safe defaults) - so what's the proper solution?
Don't use labels if there are more of the same type?

regards,
-mika-

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messages: 3706, 3708
nosy: ch
priority: wish
status: chatting
title: grml-rebuildfstab confuses user when multiple partitions have the same label

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