On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 10:12:09AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> An alternative to providing ext2prepare is to remove tune2fs. If
> /sbin/tune2fs isn't available, partman-ext3 will use the code path
> calling mkfs.ext3, and thus generate file systems with the
> resize_inode option enabled.
The included patch makes partman-ext3 always use mkfs, whether tune2fs exists
or not.
/* Steinar */
--
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diff -Nru /tmp/dl2KndhQLw/partman-ext3-41/commit.d/format_ext3
/tmp/18KUNlxE9f/partman-ext3-41.1/commit.d/format_ext3
--- /tmp/dl2KndhQLw/partman-ext3-41/commit.d/format_ext3 2006-05-10
22:00:43.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/18KUNlxE9f/partman-ext3-41.1/commit.d/format_ext3 2006-09-25
16:03:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -49,17 +49,25 @@
db_subst $template DEVICE $(humandev $(cat device))
status=failed
- if [ -x /sbin/tune2fs ] && ! [ -f $id/usage ]; then
- name_progress_bar $template
- open_dialog CREATE_FILE_SYSTEM $id ext2
- read_line status
- close_dialog
- sync
- if [ "$status" = OK ]; then
- log-output -t partman --pass-stdout /sbin/tune2fs -j
$device >/dev/null || status=failed
- sync
- fi
- fi
+
+ #
+ # Commented out for now, as partman can't create resizable
filesystems
+ # and ext2prepare is too buggy to use for etch -- we will
always use
+ # mkfs.ext3 directly in etch, although that doesn't give us a
progress bar.
+ #
+
+ # if [ -x /sbin/tune2fs ] && ! [ -f $id/usage ]; then
+ # name_progress_bar $template
+ # open_dialog CREATE_FILE_SYSTEM $id ext2
+ # read_line status
+ # close_dialog
+ # sync
+ # if [ "$status" = OK ]; then
+ # log-output -t partman --pass-stdout /sbin/tune2fs -j
$device >/dev/null || status=failed
+ # sync
+ # fi
+ # fi
+
if [ "$status" != OK ]; then
db_progress START 0 3 partman/text/formatting
db_progress INFO $template
