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bug#22797: Using UUID for vfat file system is impossible
From: |
Alex Kost |
Subject: |
bug#22797: Using UUID for vfat file system is impossible |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 22:50:19 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Ludovic Courtès (2016-02-25 21:32 +0300) wrote:
> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Hello, unlike other file system types, FAT volumes have short UUIDs,
>> for example: "58D7-4FA5", but such an UUID cannot be used in an
>> operating system declaration:
>>
>> (file-system
>> (device (uuid "58D7-4FA5"))
>> (title 'uuid)
>> (type "vfat")
>> ;; ...
>> )
>>
>> because (uuid "58D7-4FA5") errors.
>
> That’s expected. :-) I’ve clarified this in 0767f6a:
Ah, actually I thought it's expected as this is not a "normal" UUID.
Thanks for the clarification.
--
Alex