Debian bug report logs - #1285, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#1285: bad filenames in debain/ms-dos tree
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PACKAGE: ftp.debian.org

Some filenames in the ms-dos tree cause problems if pc-nfs is
used under MSDOS to copy the files using these names from an
nfs-mounted unix filesystem to a local MSDOS filesystem.

devel/tclX.deb       gives a file named    tclx~~ni.deb
devel/xxgdbR6.deb    gives a file named    xxgdb~oi.deb
graphics/tgifR6.deb  gives a file named    tgifr~qi.deb
the electronics/ directory appears as      elect~mi

I've used several methods of moving files between MSDOS and unix,
and I've not yet had problems if the filenames followed these rules:

    1.  No more than 8 chars in names, nor 3 chars in extensions.
    2.  No chars other than lower-case alpha, numeric, '-', '_'.

I suggest that we constrain our ms-dos tree directory and file names
to follow these conventions.

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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)
Subject: Bug#1285: Acknowledgement (was: bad filenames in debain/ms-dos tree)
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From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)
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To: debian-bugs@pixar.com
Subject: bad filenames in debain/ms-dos tree


PACKAGE:  ftp.debian.org

Some filenames in the ms-dos tree cause problems if pc-nfs is
used under MSDOS to copy the files using these names from an
nfs-mounted unix filesystem to a local MSDOS filesystem.

devel/tclX.deb       gives a file named    tclx~~ni.deb
devel/xxgdbR6.deb    gives a file named    xxgdb~oi.deb
graphics/tgifR6.deb  gives a file named    tgifr~qi.deb
the electronics/ directory appears as      elect~mi

I've used several methods of moving files between MSDOS and unix,
and I've not yet had problems if the filenames followed these rules:

    1.  No more than 8 chars in names, nor 3 chars in extensions.
    2.  No chars other than lower-case alpha, numeric, '-', '_'.

I suggest that we constrain our ms-dos tree directory and file names
to follow these conventions.

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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)
Subject: Bug#1285 acknowledged by developer (was: bad filenames in debain/ms-dos tree)
References: <m0t3NSQ-0001dCC@imagine.imaginit.com> <9508262054.AA01508@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com>
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