Bug#273191: no longer seems to support kernel command line variable values with spaces in their name
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 03:40:18PM +0200, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: kernel
> Version: 2.6.8
> Severity: normal
>
> The 2.4 kernel supports parameters passed on the kernel command line of
> the form COUNTRY="United States"; it understands the use of quotes
> around the value with a space in it, and sets the environment variable
> fine. It seems this support was dropped in the 2.6 kernel.
Rusty, was this change intentional?
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