linux-ext4 - Re: [BUG][e2fsprogs] e2fsck: e2fsck reports ext3 message when checking ext4 filesystem

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Date:	Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:10:16 +0530
From:	"Manish Katiyar" <mkatiyar@...il.com>
To:	miaox@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Linux-Ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG][e2fsprogs] e2fsck: e2fsck reports ext3 message when checking ext4 filesystem

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use "e2fsck" to repair the damaged ext4 device.
>
> The message was followings.
>
> ------
> # ./e2fsck /dev/sdb3
> e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
> Superblock has an invalid ext3 journal (inode 8).
> Clear<y>?
> ---
>
> Why e2fsck tells me "ext3"?

Because it is hardcoded :-(

>From the file e2fsprogs/po/id.po :-

#. @-expanded: superblock has an invalid ext3 journal (inode %i).\n
#: e2fsck/problem.c:187
#, c-format
msgid "@S has an @n ext3 @j (@i %i).\n"
msgstr "@S memiliki sebuah @n ext3 @j (@i %i).\n"


Thanks -
Manish

> It looks the message was wrong
> or e2fsck doesn't recognize ext4 correctly.
>
> Thanks！
> Miao Xie
>
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