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--- Begin Message ---Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.38+1.39-WIP-2006.04.09-2 Severity: normal Manual page reads: -T fs-type Specify how the filesystem is going to be used, so that mke2fs can choose optimal filesystem parameters for that use, as defined filesystem type configuration settings found in the /etc/mke2fs.conf(5) file. DESCRIPTION The manual page mke2fs.conf(5) does not list valid values for fs-type: [fs_types] Contains relations which define defaults that should be used for specific filesystem types. The filesystem type can be specified explicitly using the -T option to mke2fs(8). If no filesystem type is specified, mke2fs(8) will use the filesystem type floppy if the filesystem size is less than or equal to 3 megabytes. If the filesystem size is greater than 3 but less than or equal to 512 megabytes, mke2fs(8) will use the filesystem small. Other- wise, mke2fs(8) will use the default filesystem type default. And from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html "2fsprogs 1.35 (February 28, 2004)" one can read: Fix a bug in mke2fs which caused -T largefile or -T largefile4 These valued are not dicussed at all (if they are still relevant). PROBLEMS NEEDING FIXING - What exactly are the valid values of fs-type? - How dees the values affect the program, please clarify. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US) Versions of packages e2fsprogs depends on: ii e2fslibs 1.38+1.39-WIP-2006.04.09-2 ext2 filesystem libraries ii libblkid1 1.38+1.39-WIP-2006.04.09-2 block device id library ii libc6 2.3.6-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcomerr2 1.38+1.39-WIP-2006.04.09-2 common error description library ii libdevmapper1 2:1.02.05-2 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries ii libsepol1 1.12-1 Security Enhanced Linux policy lib ii libss2 1.38+1.39-WIP-2006.04.09-2 command-line interface parsing lib ii libuuid1 1.38+1.39-WIP-2006.04.09-2 universally unique id library e2fsprogs recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:10:27AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: > Package: e2fsprogs > Version: 1.38+1.39-WIP-2006.04.09-2 > Severity: normal > > Manual page reads: > > -T fs-type > Specify how the filesystem is going to be used, so that mke2fs > can choose optimal filesystem parameters for that use, as > defined filesystem type configuration settings found in the > /etc/mke2fs.conf(5) file. > > DESCRIPTION > > The manual page mke2fs.conf(5) does not list valid values for fs-type: No, because they are configurable and extensible, and any changes to the configuration file would make the man page obsolete and out of sync with the config file. You might as well complain that the man page for inetd.conf doesn't list all of the services supported by inetd. In order to find that out, you need to take a look at /etc/inetd.conf. Take a look at the _actual_ file /etc/mke2fs.conf which is included in the release. It should be obvious what's going on. - Ted
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