On 2/3/21 12:16 PM, Linux User #330250 wrote:
> BUT, one "bug" of this has always been, even with an older version of
> the Apple diskdev_cmds, that the option "-h hfs" was always needed.
> Therefor, those two command do the same to create an HFS+ volume:
> * mkfs.hfsplus /dev/sdxn
> * mkfs.hfs /dev/sdxn
> And these always create a "legacy" HFS volume:
> * mkfs.hfs -h hfs /dev/sdxn
> * mkfs.hfsplus -h hfs /dev/sdxn
>
> In other words, the symlink mkfs.hfs doesn't make it create a HFS
> volume, and the symlink mkfs.hfsplus doesn't make it create a HFS+
> volume, it solely depends on the "-h hfs" commandline option, or not.
This bug itself is actually trivial to fix once HFS Legacy support has
been added back in.
You just need to replace the line in [1] with:
if (strmp(progname, "mkfs.hfs") == 0)
forceHFS = TRUE;
else
forceHFS = FALSE;
Adrian
> [1]
> https://sources.debian.org/src/hfsprogs/332.25-11/newfs_hfs.tproj/newfs_hfs.c/#L179
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