Your message dated Mon, 19 May 2014 11:19:17 -0400
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and subject line Re: Bug#714570: Make mke2fs warn before destroying an existing
fs/LVM container
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Package: util-linux
Version: 2.19.1-5
Severity: wishlist
File: /sbin/mkfs
Yesterday, for some weird reason that we can attribute to Freudian
slip behaviour, I typed mkfs instead of fsck. I noticed, hit ctrl-c
in time and was able to recover the filesystem with a superblock
backup (ext4), but it made me think:
- mdadm asks for confirmation when overwriting a superblock;
- pvcreate asks for confirmation when overwriting a PV;
- cryptsetup takes an extra step to ensure that you pause for
a second and think;
… but mkfs just does, at least the ext[234] variants.
I know about Unix and foot shooting and rope to hang yourself and
all, but wouldn't it be worth considering adding such a check to
mkfs anyway, possibly with a -f|--force option to override it?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-rc4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.41
ii dpkg 1.16.1.1
ii initscripts 2.88dsf-13.11
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-8
ii libblkid1 2.19.1-5
ii libc6 2.13-21
ii libncurses5 5.9-2
ii libselinux1 2.1.0-1
ii libslang2 2.2.4-3
ii libuuid1 2.19.1-5
ii lsb-base 3.2-28
ii tzdata 2011l-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3
util-linux recommends no packages.
Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
pn dosfstools 3.0.9-1
pn kbd 1.15.3-7
pn util-linux-locales <none>
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Package: e2fsprogs
Version: 1.42.10-1
This wishlist bug has been fixed in 1.42.10.
- Ted
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