From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 14 15:19:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14147933; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:19:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ve0-x22b.google.com (mail-ve0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c01::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A24B321AA; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:19:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f171.google.com with SMTP id pa12so7788082veb.30 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:19:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=S8enJuZcVjw8rN4XlewpmX4GXUg1ca5D4rwt+izO730=; b=T6A1JTsTTQgU4DpPZC24GuUfK+51lwADRWJUA5gGhSByG7FEyUHxDbTW/jyrWd3Y8s kgwhDLoRYc/ARSzwPqWxDe9qreJcJCayptakqEWK5cuYY0w6VbpbdXBjKi6BhJqgp464 SpAvvvs0HJbShARz20ujcrCXqeMIjciOcu3bfhUBWaRqxAVFb7lC2FnFPgmWKByFu+aW /O0HbYdKmvGEwj2HKnzdRUkvAtK6wJiI6FqGPbK84Ib3l4ISW86FThwYpr6xXOxY+StM 277G4hZ7LbJNk/RPdQP0UAFHL34UmIWVFk2wX+m+fsV8fu6ZXm6cKQomImcPGffbP9B/ GHAQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.65.180 with SMTP id y20mr439269vds.47.1376493586778; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:19:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.118.104 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:19:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130814140653.GG2241@glenbarber.us> References: <520B81D1.1010500@vangyzen.net> <20130814140653.GG2241@glenbarber.us> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:19:46 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: makefs Sparse Files: NetBSD CLI Compatibility From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Glen Barber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Simon Gerraty , "stable@freebsd.org" , Eric van Gyzen X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:19:48 -0000 On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Glen Barber wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 08:10:41AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > > NetBSD's makefs has a -Z flag to create the image as a sparse file. In > > FreeBSD, the flag is spelled -p. Is there a reason for using a > > different flag? It would be very nice to preserve CLI compatibility > > with NetBSD. > > > > NetBSD committed first (by one month), and neither change has gone into > > a release yet, so we should change to match NetBSD. We should do it > > soon, too, since our change will go into 9.2-RELEASE. > > > > If we agree, I'll gladly make the patches, trivial though they'll be. > > > > Can you please try the attached patch? > > Glen > > .Nd create a file system image from a directory tree or a mtree manifest an mtree +Provided for compatibiltiy with compatibility Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk