On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:01 AM, Michael Stone wrote: > If e2fsprogs goes non-essential I'd rather see a new package for the > filesystem-indpendent parts than have random packages depending on > "ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities" because they want chattr. (Side note: > if the fs-independent programs aren't spun off to a new package, the > description really should be updated to make it clear that there's stuff in > there that isn't specific to ext2/3/4.)
I wonder why these tools weren't put into util-linux/etc in the first place, perhaps they should move to a less filesystem-specific source package too? -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
