linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/7] mke2fs: don't ask the proceed question using a regular file

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Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:24:32 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] mke2fs: don't ask the proceed question using a regular
 file

On 4/26/14, 7:00 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Very often people are creating file systems using regular files, so we
> shouldn't ask the user to confirm using the proceed question.
> Otherwise it encourages users to use the -F flag, which is a bad
> thing.

Yup, agreed - that'll be nice.

Acked-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>


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