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On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:28:43 +0100 Grobian <grobian@g.o> wrote: |
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| Ok. If we're on the same wave length here, then I think the real |
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| question is here whether we do allow hyphens to be in the os part or |
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| not. If yes, the part till the first hyphen is the arch, and |
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| everything from the hyphen (exclusive) till the end of string is the |
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| os part. If no, an 'escape' method must be defined for the os part. |
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| In both cases it is necessary to state that the arch cannot contain |
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| hyphens in it, and if such restriction is defined, it might be handy |
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| to immediately add spaces and the like to the list. |
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Standard practice is to define what's allowed, not what's forbidden, |
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and the usual range is a subset of a-zA-Z0-9_+:- . |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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