Re: Bug#760275: e2fsprogs: e2fsck corrupts Hurd filesystems
Hello,
Quoting Justus Winter (2014-09-02 19:22:57)
> Quoting Theodore Ts'o (2014-09-02 18:56:58)
> > > Probably not. We can switch to the Linux on-disk format once we can
> > > store all Hurdish stuff in extended attributes though.
> >
> > Hm. When you do this, it would be good to simply stop using
> > EXT4_OS_HURD in the superblock,
>
> Sure, that's the idea. But...
>
> > since we have a bunch of workarounds
> > keyed off of that, and your patch will add another --- and I'm
> > planning on adding still more to make sure a user doesn't accidentally
> > turn on some ext4 features via mke2fs or tune2fs that use fields that
> > the Hurd is using for its own nefarious purposes. Otherwise, the
> > usage clash would lead to no good....
>
> If an e2fsprog or Linux uses the Linux specific stuff of the OS
> dependent fields without verifying the creator OS, then this is a bug.
> Fixing such a bug is no workaround.
I can accept that you do not care about the Hurd, but I feel deeply
saddened by the fact that you appreciate my effort to improve the
software you maintain so little.
Justus
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