On 25 April 2016 at 07:51, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[email protected]> wrote: > > I meant btrfs is going to remain unstable for some time. There'll always be > mixed results reported. > > We should allow, for the brave, to easily try if they want to. > > Something like: > > rrs@learner:~$ cat /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/reiserfsprogs
Given that it's in /etc/initramfs-tools vs /usr/share/initramfs-tools, that means it was manually copied from /usr/share/doc/package-name, right? Yeah, I'd be ok with that, because it requires manual enabling, but I'm still very uncomfortable that a utility that causes dataloss as often as it works is part of a base Debian install... What do you think of diverting btrfs-convert to btrfs-convert.real, and providing a shell script that echos something like?: Btrfs-convert is known to cause dataloss. Please do not convert filesystems filled with data you value. Proceed (Yes/No)? -- This way the binary is still shipped, but it's unquestionably clear that this is a dangerous thing to do. Also can/should the wrapper script go into the initramfs? Sincerely, Nicholas On 25 April 2016 at 07:51, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2016-04-25 at 07:00 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> >> ). I agree that it's probably best to drop the unsafe binary we >> >> currently ship; earlier this year I updated the Debian btrfs wiki to >> >> warn against using it, because of data-loss level bugs mentioned on >> >> the btrfs mailing list. Once the rewrite is complete and people have >> >> tested it we can always add it back. >> > >> > I think it'd be much simpler if inclusion/exclusion of any such tool could >> be >> > handled through a knob. Just like initramfs-tools does. We can keep the >> default >> > as whatever the current safe bet is. >> >> That's a great idea! Sadly, I wasn't able to find what you're >> referring to in initramfs-tools. Could you please point me in the >> right direction? :-) > > I meant btrfs is going to remain unstable for some time. There'll always be > mixed results reported. > > We should allow, for the brave, to easily try if they want to. > > Something like: > > rrs@learner:~$ cat /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/reiserfsprogs > #! /bin/bash > > . /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions > > if command -v reiserfsck >/dev/null 2>&1; then > copy_exec /sbin/reiserfsck sbin/reiserfsck > fi > > > -- > Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs > Debian - The Universal Operating System
