Hi, mkfs.btrfs aborts unconditionally with "error checking [whatever] mount status" under some circumstances.
I'm running into it when using a live CD that boots from a minimal CD image,
then does
mount -o loop -t squashfs /squashfs.img /mnt/realsystem
chroot /mnt/realsystem
[stuff you actually want to do here]
strace shows mkfs.btrfs aborting after trying to
lstat("/squashfs.img", 0x7fff2c712c90) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[obviously, it can't access /squashfs.img after chroot]
I'm attaching a "fix" that allows circumventing the problem with a --force
switch, patch is relative to "next" branch in git.
I'm also adding this patch to the Ark Linux package of btrfs-progs unless
someone screams very loudly. ;)
ttyl
bero
0001-Add-a-force-option.patch
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