[Ovirt-devel] [PATCH server] Changed how taskomatic handles a Cobbler image record.
Laine Stump
laine at laine.org
Mon Dec 22 16:51:01 UTC 2008
On 12/22/2008 11:14 AM, Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:32:51AM -0500, Laine Stump wrote:
>
>>> Is the host-then-colon pattern valid if not port follows?
>>>
>>>
>> That caught my eye too. It's a bit degenerate, but the BNF for NFS URLs
>> (in RFC 2224) allows it:
>>
>> hostport = host [ ":" port ]
>> port = *digit
>>
>> So port is 0 or more occurrences of digit.
>>
>
> Yeah, I noticed that as well and think it's an oversight on their
> part. But, be that as it may, they do describe handling by saying if
> no port is specified to then use the one for the given protocol. So,
> if no protocol is specified, then treat it as an error.
>
Definitely an oversight - the original URL RFC (1738) uses 1*digits for
port rather than *digits.
My guess is that the particular style of URL given in the cobbler docs
started when someone took
the location format used by mount, rsync, etc (host:/path) and tacked
nfs:// on the beginning.
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