[Bug 331725] Re: hostnames from avahi-daemon.conf get double-escaped

[David D Miller]

This works as designed (i.e. this bug is fixed) in Ubuntu 12.04b2

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Title:
  hostnames from avahi-daemon.conf get double-escaped

Status in Avahi:
  Fix Released
Status in “avahi” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: avahi-daemon

  Description:	Ubuntu 8.10
  Release:	8.10
  Package: avahi-daemon-0.6.23-2ubuntu2.1

  When putting spaces or escape codes into the hostname= setting in
  avahi-daemon.conf, the codes get double-escaped.

  Examples:

  hostname=Living Room HTPC
  results in a host name coded like this broadcast to the network:
  Living\\032Room\\032HTPC
  which is displayed in the network browser as "Living\032Room\032HTPC" instead of "Living Room HTPC" because it got double-escaped.  There should only be one \ in front of the 032.  For example, my MacBook Pro is listed as "David Miller's MacBook Pro" in the network browser, but is broadcast like this to the network:
  David\032Miller\039s\032MacBook\032Pro

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