Bug#686895: initscripts: /forcefsck: fsck -f undefined (e2fsck-ism)

[Dmitry Bogatov]

[2019-03-09 21:57] Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser at tarent.de>
> > But I really want to have some transition plan to get rid of
> > /forcecheck, something like:
>
> … you might like that tune2fs can now (1.45.0-1, not yet in
> buster, officially not likely to make it but we can hope) set
> a flag force_fsck that next boot’s auto e2fsck will honour.
> I’m assuming this works for ext2/ext3/ext4; ask tytso if unsure.
>
> So just print a warning (in the first upload after buster) and
> recommend using that instead, *AND* document in /usr/share/doc/…/
> that the file should not be used any more, and get the reiserfs
> people (and others) to invent something similar. It’s more granular
> (per filesystem) and thus better anyway.

So, you propose that we:

 * drop all checks for /forcecheck
 * document this fact in NEWS file
 * write documentation, that e[2-4]fs users should use tune2fs tool
   instead

Well, fine, but what about reiserfs and minix? And, I can't see
standalone tune2fs even in unstable:

	$ apt-file find /bin/tune2fs
	android-sdk: /usr/lib/android-sdk/tools/bin/tune2fs
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