Debian bug report logs - #1285 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1285: bad filenames in debain/ms-dos tree Reply-To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 21:03:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: ftp.debian.org X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 26 Aug 1995 21:03:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sat, 26 Aug 1995 20:56:41 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0smSFL-000C1XC; Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:54 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA16120 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 26 Aug 1995 13:54:21 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.7) with ESMTP id PAA13803 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 1995 15:54:29 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with SMTP id PAA14633 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 1995 15:54:28 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA10890; Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:54:26 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA01508; Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:54:20 PDT Date: Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:54:20 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9508262054.AA01508@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: 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) In-Reply-To: <9508262054.AA01508@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> References: <9508262054.AA01508@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sat, 26 Aug 1995 20:56:41 GMT From mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Sat Aug 26 13:54:31 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0smSFL-000C1XC; Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:54 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA16120 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 26 Aug 1995 13:54:21 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.7) with ESMTP id PAA13803 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 1995 15:54:29 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with SMTP id PAA14633 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 1995 15:54:28 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA10890; Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:54:26 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA01508; Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:54:20 PDT Date: Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:54:20 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9508262054.AA01508@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: 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: <9508262054.AA01508@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> In-Reply-To: <9508262054.AA01508@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock). You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. 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