Bug#694986: flash-kernel: postinst modifies /etc/default/rcS
Pierre Ynard
linkfanel at yahoo.fr
Wed Mar 13 08:13:34 GMT 2019
> * What will break if FSCKFIX=yes will be set on by default?
There's an open bug for changing the default to yes, #637087.
Reportedly, what might break is MD/LVM setups if fsck gets mistakenly
run with -y on the wrong device; the discussion about this is rather
unconclusive.
> By the way neither -a nor -y mentioned in fsck(8) (but mentioned in
> fsck.ext4(8)). Is it okay?
It was removed from fsck(8):
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/util-linux/commit/7208ef864bf903ae4eb16491e7cfd24cf792baad
> fsck: remove fs-specific options from man page
Even then it stated:
> Options to different filesystem-specific fsck's are not standardized.
> If in doubt, please consult the man pages of the filesystem-specific
> checker. Although not guaranteed, the following options are supported
> by most filesystem checkers:
So I think there's some kind of issue with passing -a or -y in the
general case; hopefully they are at least silently ignored by most
implementations, aren't they?
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Pierre Ynard
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