[Bug 663672] Re: won't mount NFS mounts with space in the name

[Tim White]

>From my poking around, it appears the bug will be in both this package, and nfs-common.
showmount's output doesn't allow for parsing as it uses spaces to separate the fields (exportname and the ipaddress of who can mount it). Ideally it needs to use a : between the fields not whitespace.
If showmount is modified, then auto.net will also need to be modified. Maybe another switch can be added to showmount that outputs parsable output. e.g.

$ showmount -e ubuntu
Export list for ubuntu:
/mnt/DVD_rip 192.168.8.0/16

becomes

$ showmount -m -e ubuntu
Export list for ubuntu:
/mnt/DVD_rip:192.168.8.0/16

and the korby mount options become
$ showmount -e korby
Export list for korby:
/Qweb:                   
/Qusb:                   
/Qrecordings:            
/Qmultimedia;            
/Qdownload:              
/Public:                 
/Photos:                 
/Network Recycle Bin 4:  
/Network Recycle Bin 3:  
/Network Recycle Bin 1:  
/Media:                  
/Documents:              
/DVD_rip:                

As you can see, the output of showmount varies depending on the server.
Korby doesn't give the second field that shows what ip's can mount it.
Below is the output of a WD MyBook World Edition II, which doesn't even
give consistent output!

$ showmount -e max
Export list for max:
/DataVolume/Photos   *
/DataVolume/Public   *
/DataVolume/Download *
/ExtendVolume/Media  (everyone)

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won't mount NFS mounts with space in the name
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663672
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