linux-ext4 - Re: When is "casefold" enabled as default?

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Message-ID: <20240411024604.GA187181@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 22:46:04 -0400
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: Bo Branten <bosse@...um.se>
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: When is "casefold" enabled as default?

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 03:16:47AM +0200, Bo Branten wrote:
> 
> We have a compatibility problem with the ext4 feature "casefold" and now
> some users have reported that they have this feature enabled without asking
> so when formating the filesystem so I would like to as you if you know why
> this might happen? Does some distributions set it as default or is it some
> container system that has started using it?

I'm not aware of any distribution that has been enabling it; but there
are an awful lot of distributions out there.  I'd suggest that you ask
those users what distribution that they are using.

What compatibility problem are you seeing?

						- Ted