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

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Message-ID: <4992395A.8030301@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:35:06 +0800
From:	Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.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 2008-12-24 12:40 Manish Katiyar wrote:
> 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"

someone submitted a patch to fix this bug. I tested it and the test was pass.
But I found the translation is not updated.

Thanks!
Miao

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