Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 20:06:46 +0100 From: Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org> To: =?utf-8?Q?Stefan_E=C3=9Fer?= <se@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: git: 024f676b399f - main - sbin/newfs_msdos: add support for exFAT file systems Message-ID: <CDFDD10D-489C-4296-9DAF-9DADD405D901@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <202508052021.575KLosa084344@gitrepo.freebsd.org> References: <202508052021.575KLosa084344@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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On 5 Aug 2025, at 21:21, Stefan E=C3=9Fer <se@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > The branch main has been updated by se: >=20 > URL: = https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D024f676b399fc8acee7288c543d32c58= 1328833c >=20 > commit 024f676b399fc8acee7288c543d32c581328833c > Author: Stefan E=C3=9Fer <se@FreeBSD.org> > AuthorDate: 2025-08-05 20:12:18 +0000 > Commit: Stefan E=C3=9Fer <se@FreeBSD.org> > CommitDate: 2025-08-05 20:12:18 +0000 >=20 > sbin/newfs_msdos: add support for exFAT file systems >=20 > Add support for the creation of exFAT file systems, if invoked as > newfs_exfat. Why should newfs support creating file systems that cannot even be read by anything in-tree? This is just confusing to users, they=E2=80=99ll = try creating such file systems and then complain it doesn=E2=80=99t work, = and rightly so. It=E2=80=99s not even documented in the manpage that you = can=E2=80=99t actually use the result of this on FreeBSD, but even if you did that, people won=E2=80=99t read it, as they=E2=80=99ll reasonably expect that = newfs produces things FreeBSD can use. This also breaks cross-building from non-FreeBSD. Jessica
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