On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:14:26 +0100 Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 08:04:43PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > Package: fsarchiver > [...] > > /usr/sbin/fsarchiver contains e2fsck, mke2fs and tune2fs. According to file > > it is a ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV) > [...] > > The commands are all used in the extfs_mkfs function: > https://sources.debian.org/src/fsarchiver/0.8.3-3/src/fs_ext2.c/#L145 > > Which in turn are called from the ext[234]_mkfs wrapper functions: > https://sources.debian.org/src/fsarchiver/0.8.3-3/src/fs_ext2.c/#L92 > > Those functions are hooked up at: > https://sources.debian.org/src/fsarchiver/0.8.3-3/src/filesys.c/#L49 > > Given that all non-ext* filesystems in that table are listed under > Suggests I would guess e2fsprogs should be added to Suggests. > (Or possibly promoted as ext being the favourite child to Recommends.) > > Would be great to hear the maintainers view on this...
Recommends sounds about right, I'd say. It has the additional benefit, that it would be installed on upgrades by default. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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