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Bug 218698 - sys-fs/mtools default conf file not usable
Summary: sys-fs/mtools default conf file not usable
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2008-04-21 08:00 UTC by Charles Clément
Modified: 2008-04-22 17:11 UTC (History)
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Description Charles Clément 2008-04-21 08:00:40 UTC 
After emerging mtools, running mcopy complains with :
Syntax error at line 3 column 0 in file /etc/mtools/mtools.conf: unrecognized keyword

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
The third line,
SAMPLE FILE
produces the syntax error

Expected Results:  
mcopy should run fine, maybe ask the user to edit the configuration file or add a sed command in the ebuild to change the default mtools.conf, to comment the above-mentioned line.
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-04-21 14:38:59 UTC 
head -n 3 /etc/mtools/mtools.conf
# Example mtools.conf files.  Uncomment the lines which correspond to
# your architecture and comment out the "SAMPLE FILE" line below
SAMPLE FILE
Comment 2 Charles Clément 2008-04-22 17:11:33 UTC 
OK, then maybe the ebuild can print a message after installation stating that the user have to edit the configuration file.