Re: why crc req on free-inobt & file-type-indir options?

Dave Chinner
2015-08-09T00:13:24Z

On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 07:59:43PM -0700, L.A. Walsh wrote:
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> Eric Sandeen wrote:
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> >>On Aug 7, 2015, at 5:50 PM, L.A. Walsh <xfs@tlinx.org> wrote:
> >>Q: should the versions of xfsdump&restore be the same as the rest of the xfsprogs?
> >Nope, they are separate packages with separate versioning.
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> I see. So how does one tell which version of xfsdump/restore should
> be used to "safely" dump (and restore) a file system made
> with version i.j.k of xfsprogs(mkfs.xfs) ? Or is that possible?

xfsdump does not care what version of the XFS filesystem it operates
on as it does not access the raw on-disk srtuctures. i.e.
xfsdump/restore are just like any other userspace application that
uses standard syscalls and ioctls to read/write information to/from
the filesystem.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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