[U-Boot] [PATCH] Ignore all Carriage Returns when importing an environment.

Alexander Holler holler at ahsoftware.de
Sat May 12 20:33:53 CEST 2012


Am 12.05.2012 18:08, schrieb Marek Vasut:
> Dear Alexander Holler,
> 
>> Am 12.05.2012 16:46, schrieb Marek Vasut:
>>> Dear Alexander Holler,
>>>
>>>> Am 12.05.2012 08:17, schrieb Marek Vasut:
>>>>> Dear Alexander Holler,
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is used for compatibility with text files which are
>>>>>> using CRLF instead of LF as the end of a line.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Holler<holler at ahsoftware.de>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why don't you run the file trough dos2unix or tr -d '\r' ?
>>>>
>>>> Because my files don't contain CRs. ;)
>>>
>>> s/you/someone else/ :)
>>
>> Try to explain a windows user that a text file should not contain
>> carriage returns and how he can achieve that.
>>
>> You'll do it once, maybe twice, than you will surrender. ;)
> 
> But you're fixing the problem at a wrong place, aren't you? Besides, removing \r 
> might harm some environments, don't you think?

No, there is no other layer between the user and that function.

Anyway, as already said, I don't care, just had this patch lying around
a year and I finally surrendered to post it here (in favor of those
users). But it seems I was right in not posting it. ;)

Regards,

Alexander


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