Re: [gentoo-user] baselayout-2.0.0 surprises

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Donnerstag, 17. April 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 17.04.2008, 20:36 +0200 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
> > On Donnerstag, 17. April 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 17.04.2008, 17:23 +0200 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
> > > > fsck runs with the -p option.  -p for prune. But xfs does not now the
> > > > -p option
> > >
> > > Just set fsck to 0 in fstab for xfs volumes.
> >
> > no, the thing is, -p for 'automatic check&repair' is just wrong. -a would
> > be better. Because -a is understood by a lot more fscks.
> >
> > -p as prune/automatic repair is only understood by ext2/3 and reiserfsck.
> > -a is there for a reason. A good one.
>
> Both of them have no effect on fsck.xfs, because no matter what options
> you give to a dummy, it will stay a dummy.
>
> Bye...
>
> 	Dirk

yeah, xfs is double fucked ;)

but there are more fs than xfs, reiser(fs/4) and ext2/3.

If you look into man fsck you find -a but not -p.

So no matter what, -a is wrong and patching the tools instead of just 
replacing a letter is IMHO stupid&dangerous.
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