Quoting Theodore Ts'o (2014-09-02 18:56:58) > > Probably not. We can switch to the Linux on-disk format once we can > > store all Hurdish stuff in extended attributes though. > > Hm. When you do this, it would be good to simply stop using > EXT4_OS_HURD in the superblock,
Sure, that's the idea. But... > since we have a bunch of workarounds > keyed off of that, and your patch will add another --- and I'm > planning on adding still more to make sure a user doesn't accidentally > turn on some ext4 features via mke2fs or tune2fs that use fields that > the Hurd is using for its own nefarious purposes. Otherwise, the > usage clash would lead to no good.... If an e2fsprog or Linux uses the Linux specific stuff of the OS dependent fields without verifying the creator OS, then this is a bug. Fixing such a bug is no workaround. Cheers, Justus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
