linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: use mkfs.ext4 -F instead of piping in yes

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Message-ID: <20140907154927.GA23630@infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 7 Sep 2014 08:49:27 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	fstests@...r.kernel.org,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Xiaoguang Wang <wangxg.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
	Eryu Guan <eguan@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: use mkfs.ext4 -F instead of piping in yes

On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 08:29:02AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Using "yes | mkfs.ext4 ..." results in the error message results in
> the test failing, at least for some versions of e2fsprogs:
> 
>     +yes: standard output: Broken pipe
>     +yes: write error
> 
> It better to use the -F option, which will eliminate the questions.

Looks good, but maybe we should have a $MKFS_EXT4_PROG variable similar
to $MKFS_XFS_PROG so that we can set this in one place?
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