Hello! Since I have posted about my initial work on my updated »hfsprogs« [1] package based on the new »hfs« [2] package, multiple people send me patches for improvement off-list.
Since it's easier and more productive to collaborate on this project in public, I would like to ask everyone to submit patches via pull request on the Github project. The ultimate goal should be to have a minimal patch set which can be applied on top of Apple's »hfs« package to get a decent »hfsprogs« package for Linux. The smaller the patch set, the easier it will be to keep the package up to date. As a bonus, I think we should also refresh my patch to re-add support for classic HFS, see [3]. There is currently one limitation with the HFS patch as it doesn't allow setting a custom volume name and hard-wires it to "untitled" [4]. This is because the original code uses an Apple-specifc function to convert UTF-8 into Mac encoding [5], if someone has a suggestion how to implement this encoding conversion on Linux, I would be happy to integrate this change into the (current) »hfsprogs« package as this would fix an open bug [6]. Any input is greatly appreciated as I know many here have lots of expertise on Mac programming. Thanks, Adrian > [1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=hfsprogs&suite=sid > [2] https://github.com/glaubitz/hfs/commits/linux > [3] > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/hfsprogs/-/blob/master/debian/patches/0005-Re-add-support-for-creating-legacy-HFS-filesystems.patch > [4] > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/hfsprogs/-/blob/master/debian/patches/0005-Re-add-support-for-creating-legacy-HFS-filesystems.patch#L319 > [5] > https://github.com/apple-opensource/diskdev_cmds/blob/491.6/newfs_hfs.tproj/makehfs.c#L598 > [6] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1003038 -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
