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Re: A module bug in 2.2.1?
- To: "Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk" <qrczak@knm.org.pl>
- Subject: Re: A module bug in 2.2.1?
- From: Marcin Dalecki <dalecki@cs.net.pl>
- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 13:25:38 +0100
- CC: "H.J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>, "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>, drepper@cygnus.com, adam@yggdrasil.com, GNU C Library <libc-hacker@cygnus.com>, linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9902051133520.17356-100000@qrnik.knm.org.pl>
Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
> modprobe could check for shell metacharacters and handle the entry itself
> if there were none, calling shell only when needed. Docs would advise not
> to use metacharacters in unix's entries.
Look at the code. This is exactly what it is already doing.
Call modprobe --help. Why do you think there is a backslash in front
of the asterix.
--Marcin