There wasn't actually an *error*. E4defrag doesn't need root prives to find and print statistics. It doesn't deliberately because the people who wrote the program decided this was the right thing to do. So it's not actually hiding the error, it's just doing something weird/stupid. Which you could argue is a bug, but if so, it's more of a design issue. (It's not like it's secret; and you get the same information using filefrag.)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to e2fsprogs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090053 Title: e4defrag -c /mountpoint does not provide expected output Status in e2fsprogs package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: According to the man page this is the expected output below. OPTIONS -c Get a current fragmentation count and an ideal fragmentation count, and calculate fragmentation score based on them. By see‐ ing this score, we can determine whether we should execute e4defrag to target. When used with -v option, the current frag‐ mentation count and the ideal fragmentation count are printed for each file. Also this option outputs the average data size in one extent. If you see it, you'll find the file has ideal extents or not. Note that the maximum extent size is 131072KB in ext4 filesystem (if block size is 4KB). If this option is specified, target is never defragmented. I am attaching a screenshot of my output which is not what I expected. This may not be a bug but it is not very informational. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: e2fsprogs 1.42.5-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Dec 13 12:09:04 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-12 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: e2fsprogs UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/+bug/1090053/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
