> Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm not sure why you think this is useful for the Hurd. Our ext2fs has no
> > choice but to ignore the filetype field anyway, because an active
> > translator setting might make it incorrect. Moreover, I don't see how you
> > think this change would be correct.
>
> I have a scheme in the long run for making it work for one-link nodes.
I think you should let any pestering of the e2fsck maintainers wait until
such a scheme is closer to fruition.
> The reason not to ignore problem is that ext2fs spews a million error
> messages for each node as it "fixes" the type field.
That is a reason to make filesystems with the filetype option bit cleared.
