Jason McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:35:35PM +0100, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote: > > > > > > I think it's fair to give the user a chance to understand why > > scan_ffs(8) won't help in this case. > > > > ok? > > > > hi. > > i'm not sure if it's a bug, but it sure seems relevant. i would be > tempted to be much more upfront about this (DESCRIPTION), way before you > start tearing hair out... > > like just say upfront, scan_ffs does not support ffs2 filesystems.
true. it should be stated in a formal way. "It is not perfect" Yuck... "one butt"? This is below our standard. > > --- scan_ffs.8.~1.16.~ Mon Mar 24 00:28:46 2008 > > +++ scan_ffs.8 Fri Feb 8 21:31:10 2019 > > @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ you out of a jam when they happen. > > .Sh SEE ALSO > > .Xr disklabel 8 > > .Sh BUGS > > -It is not perfect, and could do a lot more things with date/time > > information > > +It is not perfect, does not support FFS2 filesystems, > > +and could do a lot more things with date/time information > > in the superblocks it finds, but this program has saved more than one butt, > > more than once. > > > > -- > > jca | PGP : 0x1524E7EE / 5135 92C1 AD36 5293 2BDF DDCC 0DFA 74AE 1524 E7EE > > >
