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Re: RC bugginess in progsreiserfs; feasibility of removal from sarge, impact on d-i?



Kenshi Muto wrote:
> Test:
> Remastering netinst CD (20040918 sid snapshot) without
> libreiserfs0.3-0, and test it.
> 
> - - Simple create reiserfs partition => OK. There is no problem. It
>   works (includes 2nd stage).

You do loose the progress bar during reiserfs parititon creation, FWIW.

> - - When I tried manual resize, it is simply ignored. I entered such as
>   "50%", "1GB", "500" or anything, but partman (parted) simply back original
>   size again in silence.
> 
> - - I found similar resizing problem with another FS. Here is test result.
>   EXT3: OK
>   EXT2: OK
>   JFS: BAD. won't resize in silence
>   XFS: BAD. won't resize in silence
>   FAT: OK
>   FAT32: OK
>   SWAP: OK
>   LVM: OK
>   RAID: OK
> 
> In my opinion, if progreiserfs has RC and anyone can't fix it soon, it
> can be dropped from Sarge. ReiserFS mkfs support is still there on d-i.
> I don't think resizing problem is so really critical.
> 
> But if d-i can't handle ReiserFS/JFS/XFS resize, I think it is better
> partman shows these partition size as label (static, can't be choiced by users),
> instead of menu. Or shows warning, or add mention at errata.
> 
> (Hmm, what's #271487 of reiserfsprogs?)

I think that partman can only handle resizes if parted supports it or if
the partition has not actually been written to disk yet.

-- 
see shy jo

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