From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jan 1 13: 0:17 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CAF837B401 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:00:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B10CB43EC5 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:00:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h01L0ENS054143 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:00:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h01L0Eb7054142; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:00:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3567B37B401 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:56:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C618A43EA9 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:56:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([12.242.158.67]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with ESMTP id <20030101205637051006jnf6e>; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 20:56:37 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h01Kwx8S019780 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:59:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h01Kvc9M019763; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:57:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Message-Id: Date: 01 Jan 2003 12:57:38 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" Reply-To: swear@attbi.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/46672: dump(8) program gives unnecessary -L warning Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 46672 >Category: bin >Synopsis: dump(8) program gives unnecessary -L warning >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jan 01 13:00:14 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: none >Environment: FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Dec 30 17:04:36 PST 2002 root@localhost.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 ================ >Description: The dump(8) program, when used on a filesystem mounted with "-r", warns: "WARNING: should use -L when dumping live filesysterms!" 1) AFAIK, there's no good reason to use "-L" when dumping a read-only filesystem. The program should check for read-only filesystem status and omit the warning in that case. 2) The techno-grammar in the warning is unnecessary. Change it to "WARNING: Use -L when dumping live filesysterms!" (my favorite) or "WARNING: -L should be used when dumping live filesysterms!" or "WARNING: One should use -L when dumping live filesysterms!". ================ >How-To-Repeat: n/a ================ >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message