Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 01:55:25 +0200 From: Andrea Campi <andrea@webcom.it> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs mkfs.c Message-ID: <20030522235524.GB6396@webcom.it> In-Reply-To: <20030522161035.X95941@root.org> References: <20030522183930.564EF37B49D@hub.freebsd.org> <20030522161035.X95941@root.org>
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On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 04:14:51PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2003, Doug Barton wrote:
> > This patch is a more advanced version than the one originally submitted.
> > Lukas improved it based on feedback from Kirk, and testing by me. It
> > blanks all UFS1 superblocks (if any) during a UFS2 newfs, thereby causing
> > fsck's that are not UFS2 aware to generate the "SEARCH FOR ALTERNATE
> > SUPER-BLOCK FAILED" message, and exit without damaging the fs.
>
> It's great to see user-friendly fixes hitting the tree. We really need
> more seatbelts.
What about actually making the -STABLE fsck UFS2 aware, at least to the point of
printing "This is an UFS2 fs, can't check it" instead? Without looking at the code,
this sounds trivial to me; and while it can't help with already installed systems,
it would still be useful.
Bye,
Andrea
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