Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] initramfs: print error and shell out for unsupported content

[Michal Marek]

Dne 22.3.2014 19:22, Alexander Holler napsal(a):
> 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.

The bigger problem is that there is no C-style quoting in regexps or
character classes matches any file with 'n', 'r' or 't' in its name. How
about

  -name '*[:[:space:]]*'

?

Michal
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