Package: util-linux Version: 2.26.2-8 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man8/fsck.8.gz
Maybe on the fsck man page, there should be a notice at top: ** Dear user: fsck doesn't REALLY "check" a filesystem unless 1. you use the -f flag or 2. the number of mounts has reached the limit (20). Unless one of the above conditions are met, nothing at all will be done, despite any other options given, it is just one big no-op that prints some statistics, but doesn't actually "check" your disks at all. Proof: # fsck -a /dev/sdb1 fsck from util-linux 2.26.2 /dev/sdb1: clean, 67/108968 files, 161002/434177 blocks (check in 3 mounts) # fsck -a /dev/sdb1 fsck from util-linux 2.26.2 /dev/sdb1: clean, 67/108968 files, 161002/434177 blocks (check in 3 mounts) Please understand this before using fsck. ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
