From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] mke2fs: proceed if the user doesn't type anything after 5 seconds
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:36:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <535E7594.2030203@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <535E74D4.4050805@redhat.com>
On 4/28/14, 10:33 AM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 4/26/14, 7:00 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>> If mke2fs needs to ask the user for permission, and the user doesn't
>> type anything for five seconds, proceed as if the user had said yes.
>>
>> This will allow us to add more stringent checks without breaking
>> existing scripts (much).
>
> Hm, this sounds a little dangerous - "-F" overrides a lot.
To mitigate the danger, it might be better to keep the default,
but allow setting a non-infinite delay in environments which
require it.
-Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-28 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-27 0:00 [PATCH 1/7] mke2fs: don't ask the proceed question using a regular file Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-27 0:00 ` [PATCH 2/7] mke2fs, tune2fs: call proceed_question() from check_plausibility()'s caller Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-27 0:00 ` [PATCH 3/7] mke2fs: don't complain if the regular file is too small Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-28 15:26 ` Eric Sandeen
2014-04-27 0:00 ` [PATCH 4/7] mke2fs: create a regular file if necessary Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-30 12:21 ` Lukáš Czerner
2014-04-30 14:06 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-30 14:14 ` Lukáš Czerner
2014-04-30 14:18 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-30 14:35 ` Lukáš Czerner
2014-04-30 15:26 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-05-05 15:17 ` Eric Sandeen
2014-04-27 0:00 ` [PATCH 5/7] mke2fs: proceed if the user doesn't type anything after 5 seconds Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-28 15:33 ` Eric Sandeen
2014-04-28 15:36 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2014-04-28 23:26 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-29 0:32 ` Eric Sandeen
2014-04-30 6:53 ` Lukáš Czerner
2014-04-27 0:00 ` [PATCH 6/7] mke2fs: check for pre-existing file system Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-30 11:50 ` Lukáš Czerner
2014-04-30 13:44 ` Lukáš Czerner
2014-04-30 14:10 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-27 0:00 ` [PATCH 7/7] mke2fs: only print the low-level file system stats in verbose mode Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-30 11:22 ` Lukáš Czerner
2014-04-30 14:01 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-30 14:25 ` Lukáš Czerner
2014-04-28 15:24 ` [PATCH 1/7] mke2fs: don't ask the proceed question using a regular file Eric Sandeen
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