Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 01:16:47 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to fsck -CURRENT on next reboot [ext2fs] Message-ID: <20040128001647.GA24110@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <20040127200335.GA23372@thunk.org> References: <m37jzmdnhf.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <20040122215703.E8399@gamplex.bde.org> <m3d69c81b2.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <20040127200335.GA23372@thunk.org>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > I am wondering how to deal with /etc/fstab. I can of course add a > > symlink from /sbin/fsck_ext2fs to %D/sbin/e2fsck, so I can type "fsck > > /linux" and have the file system checked, but this will not work when > > someone sets the Pass# column in fsck to something non-zero. > > But that's what's supposed to happen when someone sets the Pass# to > zero, yes? Or is the problem that in the past, /sbin/fsck_ext2fs > wasn't available, so some people may have put zero into the column in > order to prevent errors at boot time? The problem is that traditionally, /usr was separate from /, consequentially, /usr is not mounted at the time /etc/fstab-triggered checks are running. OTOH, FreeBSD ports install into /usr/local, I can either violate port packaging policies and install everything into /sbin and /lib (I'd like to avoid that) or symlink true to /sbin/fsck_ext2fs and run an awk script from /usr/local/etc/rc.d/* > Can BSD packages in the ports system allowed prompt the user upon > installation/upgrade? If so the obvious thing to do is to ask the > user, when they install the new version of e2fsprogs, whether they > want the pass # in /etc/fstab to be reset to some sane value, and then > have the postinstall script do that. That's possible. Thanks for sharing your idea. -- Matthias Andree Encrypt your mail: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95
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