linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Move fsck from e2fsprogs to util-linux-ng

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Date:	Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:37:43 +0100
From:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	"Theodore Tso" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	"Karel Zak" <kzak@...hat.com>, "Matthias Koenig" <mkoenig@...e.de>,
	util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Move fsck from e2fsprogs to util-linux-ng

On Feb 6, 2008 3:05 PM, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:56:51PM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> > It would be nice to add a note
> >
> >     "fsck is deprecated in favor of fsck from util-linux-ng"
> >
> > to RELEASE-NOTES in e2fsprogs.
>
> I don't want to deprecate fsck quite yet from e2fsprogs, because there
> are some ext4 issues with fsck (or more accurately, fsck's use of
> vol_id instead of blkid), where it is more convenient if at least for
> distros that are being aggressive with ext4 testing, if we don't try
> to move fsck just now.

Care to explain what ext4 development has to do with the generic fsck program?
I don''t see any convincing reason not to move that now.

Kay
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