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Hello Richard, |
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On 05/19/2012 05:33 PM, Richard Farina wrote: |
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> Why was blkid removed from 3.4.32->3.4.33.1 ? |
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It wasn't actually removed, it was replaced by blkid of util-linux. |
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Does that answer the question already? |
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It was a mix of reasons: |
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- Someone wanted nilfs recognition which blkid of util-linux has more |
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than that of e2fsprogs |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390635 |
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- The version of util-linux seemed superior to the one from e2fsprogs |
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https://blog.hartwork.org/?p=1739 |
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- The new copy_binaries function allows us to use non-static binaries |
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where it makes sense |
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- It made future maintenance of genkernel a bit easier |
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> Not that I care specifically about blkid but my aufs patches which I was |
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> about to submit need e2fsprogs |
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What do they need it for? Is it needed _in_ the initramfs? |
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Best, |
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Sebastian |
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