Re: [PATCH 2/3] xfs/514: Check xfsprogs version for verifying the xfs_db commands

[Anju T Sudhakar <anju@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Hi,

On 6/28/21 9:05 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 02:22:58PM +0530, Anju T Sudhakar wrote:
>> xfs_db commands like `attr_remove, attr_set, btheight, and logformat`,
>> are documented only in xfsprogs version v5.5 and later. So skip checking
>> for these commands in xfs_db manpage,if the test is running with
>> xfsprogs version less than v5.5.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anju T Sudhakar <anju@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> Query: The reason to add this check is, while running xfstest with an
>> older version of xfsprogs, this test case flags as failure, though
>> xfs_db is not expected to have those commands. Otherwise upon failure we
>> should ask the user to use the latest version of xfsprogs.
>> OR is there any better solution for this?
> If you're shipping xfsprogs 5.5 in a product, why not update the manpage
> to document the functionality that's in your product?  If you aren't
> shipping 5.5, then why run such an old version?
>
> --D


OK. Then I think we can drop patch 2/3 and 3/3 in this series, as both 
checks for the

xfsprogs version to run the test.



Thanks,

Anju