From: Jeremy Dilatush <jdilatus@checkpoint.com>
To: "util-linux@vger.kernel.org" <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: util-linux bug: mkfs(8) has -V for -v
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 18:07:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0ca8b22dbbde43e0b65857877ec9a624@checkpoint.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <28f8d3ca8b3545e5af64e2a7699b4b03@checkpoint.com>
> The manpage mkfs(8) lists "-V, --verbose" which should be "-v, --verbose" (uncapitalized).
> Seen on as recent a version as 2.38.1 (on Raspberry Pi OS), also seen on 2.23.2 (on CentOS 7).
> Not as trivial a fault as it might seem, since "-V" unlike "-v" causes mkfs to do nothing.
25% user error on my part: Looks like there are two bugs here and one is already fixed:
"mkfs -j -t ext4 -V Tempy" gives version on 2.23.2 but verbose on 2.38.1.
The manpage still probably should have "-v, --verbose".
--- Jeremy
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2024-08-08 18:07 ` Jeremy Dilatush [this message]
2024-08-15 7:28 ` util-linux bug: mkfs(8) has -V for -v Karel Zak
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