On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:43:45AM -0700, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 01:52:51PM -0400, Michael Conrad wrote:
> >
> > I see how that could be useful if and only if you use exactly one
> > "-s", but if you requested more than one "-s" they still come out in
> > non-stable order. It's like running a SQL query and having all the
> > columns shifted because the first one was a NULL.
>
> Actually, it's more like running an SQL query without a SORTED BY and
> assuming the order of the rows was stable.
>
> > At the very least, I would appreciate it if the man page mentioned
> > that "-o value" should only ever be used with exactly one "-s".
>
> What I would suggest is that blkid explicitly state that the order of
> fields or file systems (if more than one file system is selected) is
> not defined, since that's something which is true in general, and not
> just for "-o value".
>
> It might also be useful to have an EXAMPLES section which gives some
> sample ways that blkid can be used.
Good idea. I'll update the man page.
Karel
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