On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: btrfs-tools > Version: 4.1.2-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > Do you think it'd make sense to have btrfs-convert (a static version) in > the initramfs ? > > Because without it, converting an ext4 rootfs to btrfs can be tricky. By > having it in the initramfs, it should be simple. But apart from the > convert, I can't see any addition use case, thus I've marked the > severity as wishlist? https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Conversion_from_Ext3 "Warning: As of 4.0 kernels this feature is not much used or well tested anymore, and there have been some reports that the conversion doesn't work reliably. Feel free to try it out, but make sure you have backups" Just saying.
> > > If not initramfs, but can you enable a static versio of it? > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: stretch/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 4.2.3+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > Versions of packages btrfs-tools depends on: > ii e2fslibs 1.42.13-1 > ii libblkid1 2.27-3 > ii libc6 2.19-22 > ii libcomerr2 1.42.13-1 > ii liblzo2-2 2.08-1.2 > ii libuuid1 2.27-3 > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 > > btrfs-tools recommends no packages. > > btrfs-tools suggests no packages. > > -- debconf-show failed > >
