Subject: Re: bug#10363: df vs. long-named /dev/disk/by-uuid/... file system device names

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:23:50 +0000

On 01/03/2012 03:58 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS

> +  df, with no non-option argument and recent enough kernel/tools, would
> +  print a long UUID-including file system name, pushing second and subsequent
> +  columns far to the right.  Now, when that long name refers to a symlink,
> +  df prints the usually-short referent instead.

I would change this:

s/would print a long UUID-including file system name/
  could print long UUID-including file system names/

I usually try to make the first line of the NEWS entry a summary, like:

df avoids long UUID-including file system names, in the default listing.
On recent enough kernel/tools, these long names can be used, pushing second
and subsequent columns far to the right.  Now, when a long name refers
to a symlink, and no file systems are specified, df prints the
usually-short referent instead.

cheers,
Pádraig.