linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: recognize mke4fs program name

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Message-ID: <20120215192058.GH11382@thunk.org>
Date:	Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:20:58 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: recognize mke4fs program name

On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 02:56:19PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> We shipped "mke4fs" alongside mke2fs in RHEL5, so that ext4-capable
> utilities could be installed without disturbing the venerable e2fsprogs-1.39
> shipped in RHEL5 from the beginning.  But it surprised some users that
> "mke4fs" created ext2 filesystems by default rather than ext4.
> While it was my intent to have the renamed binaries behave exactly
> like the stock ones, it seems that there is some precedence for
> handling "mkeNfs" in the code, so seems reasonable to add 
> mke4fs -> ext4 as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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