> * What will break if FSCKFIX=yes will be set on by default? There's an open bug for changing the default to yes, #637087. Reportedly, what might break is MD/LVM setups if fsck gets mistakenly run with -y on the wrong device; the discussion about this is rather unconclusive.
> By the way neither -a nor -y mentioned in fsck(8) (but mentioned in > fsck.ext4(8)). Is it okay? It was removed from fsck(8): https://salsa.debian.org/debian/util-linux/commit/7208ef864bf903ae4eb16491e7cfd24cf792baad > fsck: remove fs-specific options from man page Even then it stated: > Options to different filesystem-specific fsck's are not standardized. > If in doubt, please consult the man pages of the filesystem-specific > checker. Although not guaranteed, the following options are supported > by most filesystem checkers: So I think there's some kind of issue with passing -a or -y in the general case; hopefully they are at least silently ignored by most implementations, aren't they? -- Pierre Ynard
