Re: [Tails-dev] source path's "/" prefix

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Autor: intrigeri
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Assumpte: Re: [Tails-dev] source path's "/" prefix
hi,

anonym wrote (19 Mar 2012 16:24:13 GMT) :
> So why not make the live.persist syntax into something much simpler,
> namely:


>     DIR [OPTS]


> where DIR is like DEST before. The SOURCE dir that live-boot sets is
> automatically unique, so being able to specify it isn't something
> many users should care about (in fact, they should be discouraged to
> do it). And as I said over IRC, I think t-p-s should utilize the
> single-column syntax no matter if you like this new syntax or not.

[...]
> Is this ok? I assume this will be fairly easy to adapt to on your
> side, and for the record, it'd be easy to do in live-boot as well,
> so I could have it fixed tonight, or tomorrow at the latest.


Signed-off-by: intrigeri

(That is the part of t-p-s that has the most extensive test suite,
so it should be easy to adapt without too much fear.)

> (BTW, while I do care about Tails not having to do crazy shit to
> cope with live-boot I'm playing the Devil's advocate here in order
> to prevent live-boot from degenerating into a nonsensical mess on
> behalf of our requirements. I hope you're not too frustrated with
> this. :))


Fine with me!

Cheers,
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