Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] baselayout-2.0.0 surprises
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:40:42
Message-Id: 200804172240.37874.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] baselayout-2.0.0 surprises by Dirk Heinrichs
1 On Donnerstag, 17. April 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
2 > Am Donnerstag, den 17.04.2008, 20:36 +0200 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
3 > > On Donnerstag, 17. April 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
4 > > > Am Donnerstag, den 17.04.2008, 17:23 +0200 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
5 > > > > fsck runs with the -p option. -p for prune. But xfs does not now the
6 > > > > -p option
7 > > >
8 > > > Just set fsck to 0 in fstab for xfs volumes.
9 > >
10 > > no, the thing is, -p for 'automatic check&repair' is just wrong. -a would
11 > > be better. Because -a is understood by a lot more fscks.
12 > >
13 > > -p as prune/automatic repair is only understood by ext2/3 and reiserfsck.
14 > > -a is there for a reason. A good one.
15 >
16 > Both of them have no effect on fsck.xfs, because no matter what options
17 > you give to a dummy, it will stay a dummy.
18 >
19 > Bye...
20 >
21 > Dirk
22
23 yeah, xfs is double fucked ;)
24
25 but there are more fs than xfs, reiser(fs/4) and ext2/3.
26
27 If you look into man fsck you find -a but not -p.
28
29 So no matter what, -a is wrong and patching the tools instead of just
30 replacing a letter is IMHO stupid&dangerous.
31 --
32 gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list