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Re: [patch] fork optional branch point normazilation

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Apr 17, 2005, 23:39 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0504171636590.7211@ppc970.osdl.org>
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<Pine.LNX.4.44.0504171614150.2625-100000@bellevue.puremagic.com>
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Brad Roberts wrote:
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> braddr:x:1000:1000:Brad Roberts,,,:/home/braddr:/bin/bash
> 
> All gecos entries on all my debian boxes are of the form:
> 
>    fullname, office number, office extension, and home number
Ahh, ok.

I'll make the "cleanup" thing just remove strange characters from the end, that should fix this kind of thing for now.

I'd just remove everything after the first strange number, but I can also see people using the "lastname, firstname" format, and I'd hate to just ignore firstname in that case.

		Linus
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Message 7 of 12 in “fork optional branch point normazilation”
  1. fork optional branch point normazilationBrad Roberts, Apr 17, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisApr 17, 2005
  3. Brad RobertsApr 17, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2005
  5. Daniel BarkalowApr 17, 2005
  6. Brad RobertsApr 17, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2005
  8. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  9. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2005
  10. remove_special() tentative fix.Junio C Hamano, Apr 18, 2005
  11. Brad RobertsApr 18, 2005
  12. Martin SchlemmerApr 18, 2005

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