Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle on Gentoo Reiserfs filesystem - Possible?

[Paul Hoy]

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 08:00 +0300, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> Paul Hoy Gmail wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm confused about running Beagle on a Gentoo reiserfs filesystem.
> >
> >Gentoo provides a HOWTO Beagle (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Beagle)
> >and uses a reiserfs filesystem (included extended attributues) as an
> >example throughout. However, the Beagle Web site states in its FAQ
> >(http://www.beaglewiki.org/FAQ) that Beagle does not support Reiser4S:
> >"Reiser4 does not support the standard Linux extended attribute
> >interfaces, but instead implements its own. If/when Reiser4 supports
> >extended attributes, it will be supported."
> >
> >The Gentoo HOWTO wiki explains that a user should enable extended
> >attributes for his or her filesystems, and shows how you can do so
> >with Ext2. The author of the wiki says you can do the same with
> >reiserfs, but I don't recall seeing the option in the kernel (when I
> >configured it a couple of weeks ago).
> >
> >Finally, the Gentoo Wiki author adds the "user_xattr" option to the
> >reiserfs entry in fstab. This suggests that reiserfs is supported. The
> >fact that the option doesn't appear in the kernel, suggest that it's
> >not. And, the fact that the Beagle Web site says reiserfs is not
> >support Beagle also suggests that I can run Beagle on an reiserfs
> >filesystem.
> >
> >Any leads, hints, suggestions, solutions, answers?
> >
> >
> >
> Hi,
> Using reiserfsprogs-3.6.19 (reiser-3) and also have extended-attributes
> support in kernel-config (reiser-3).
> Haven't checked but think/remember that reiserfs-4 has it's own
> security/encryption things (in filesystem).
> IMO above wiki in for reiserfs-3 only and will work with it.
> Extended-attr. for reiserfs are under reiserfs-config.
> HTH. Rumen

Hi Rumen,

Can you expand on your statement, "for reiserfs are under
reiserfs-config"? Is this a patch?

Thanks,
Paul 

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