Regression: vfat disks mounted with incorrect shortname setting
Bug #428174 reported by
Malcolm Scott
This bug affects 9 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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obsolete |
Fix Released
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Medium
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devicekit-disks (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Martin Pitt | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: devicekit-disks
Since the move to DeviceKit for karmic, my removable VFAT-formatted disks are being mounted with shortnames=lower. This breaks e.g. rsync: if a file called "FOO" is created, it will actually appear named "foo". Past bugs -- e.g. bug 15525 and bug 76200, amongst others -- concluded that shortnames=winnt (or perhaps shortnames=mixed) was the correct setting, and this was indeed the case in jaunty.
shortnames=lower appears to be set in devicekit-disks's src/devkit-
Changed in devicekit-disks (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → fraser (fraser-m-murray) |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in devicekit-disks (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in devicekit: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in devicekit: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in devicekit: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in devicekit: | |
importance: | Medium → Unknown |
Changed in devicekit: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
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Apologies, the setting is "shortname" not "shortnames".