Description of problem: The installer does not provide an option whereby the user can choose between the use (in /etc/fstab) of "LABEL=" and "UUID=". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 32-bit (and probable also 64-bit) Mageia-3 installer How reproducible: When installing: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select "Custom disk partitioning" N.B. On my monitor, that option is off the screen! (Had to scroll down to be aware of it...) 2. Toggle to Export Mode 3. Hit the 'Label' button The window thus appearing is headed "Set Volume Label", and has the buttons 'Cancel' and 'OK'. There is no option to specify "Use 'LABEL=' in /etc/fstab. ('UUID=' is mandated.) Discussion in Mageia newsgroups/lists shows there is divided opinion among expert users as to the comparitive merits of 'LABEL=' v. 'UUID=', both of which seem to have pro's and con's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROPOSAL: Where a user has selected Custom Partitioning *and* Expert Mode *and* enters the 'Label' option *and* a label appears or is entered by the user, then an option should appear there which offers a choice between 'LABEL=' and 'UUID=' in /etc/fstab. With that approach no puzzling option will be shown to neophytes or those happy to take default partitioning arrangements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N.B. I am aware that - according to others - there is already a way to achieve the use of 'LABEL=', and that is (within the above Label option): - If no label is present, enter one, otherwise change (or appear to have changed*) the existing label. (* E.g. by changing the label and then restoring the original value, or even - I'm told - by just CTL+C on the label. Otherwise, the installer will use 'UUID='!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is an extract of what the Mageia-3 installer put in my /etc/fstab: # Entry for /dev/sda5 : LABEL=Mageia-3-root / ext3 acl,relatime 1 1 # Entry for /dev/sda7 : UUID=abe67990-4c19-44b2-91ea-c57d8a529300 /home ext3 acl,relatime 1 2 - although both partitions had unique pre-defined labels. Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
CC: (none) => maurice
CC: (none) => mrmazda
I would favour being presented the option (for all partitions) when one enters the custom partitioning mode, with the comment displayed that UUID is the default. And a comment that to select using labels by partition requires editing each partition, in expert mode. Missing labels can be requested as required by diskdrake. Requiring simulation of changing a label could result in accidently changing the label, and is more awkward if the labels are already in place.
CC: (none) => andre999mga
Setting version to cauldron, since we can't modify old installers, only future ones.
CC: (none) => stormiVersion: 3 => Cauldron
Well, you cannot really expect that we support everything, for a *negligible* number of users. IMHO, if you are an "expert" user, why can't you edit /etc/fstab yourselves to your liking? Those that use labels happily do that for years without diskdrake. If you allow labels, you have to pay attention to existing ones, and people might already have written labels in weird encodings (not UTF-8) with special characters and stuff, same as people do with wifi SSIDs, which fails often in weird ways. As nobody commented or worked on this bug for over 2 years I'd say this should be closed.
CC: (none) => doktor5000
(In reply to Florian Hubold from comment #3) > As nobody commented or worked on this bug for over 2 years I'd say this > should be closed. In my opinion it's ok for enhancement requests, marked as such in bugzilla, to stay open until either someone handles it or it is clearly decided that we will not handle it. They are useful indicators for user needs.
We already 've too much maintainer time shortage to add sg like this which is both risky for end user and time consuming for maintainer
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDCC: (none) => thierry.vignaudResolution: (none) => WONTFIX