[et-mgmt-tools] Small Cobbler nit to pick

Michael DeHaan mdehaan at redhat.com
Wed Feb 28 16:47:23 UTC 2007


Foreman, Tim wrote:
> I just upgraded to 0.4.2-0 (from 0.2.8-1 - it's been a while) and
> noticed that the system name seems to be case sensitive:
>
> [root at kickstart ~]# cobbler system remove --name=00:17:A4:8B:BC:29
> can't delete something that doesn't exist
> [root at kickstart ~]# cobbler system remove --name=00:17:a4:8b:bc:29
>
> This seems like it should be case insensitive to make it fall into
> standards compliance.
>
> Why should a MAC address or a hostname care about case?
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You're right, it shouldn't.  

As a backwards compatibility note, I'm guessing no one is using profiles 
or distros that differ only by case.   If you are, speak up!  :)

--Michael




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