On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 20:24 -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote: > tags 594004 +pending > thanks > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 01:09:46AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Package: e2fsprogs > > Version: 1.41.12-2 > > Severity: important > > > > resize2fs(8) says: > > > > "Optionally, the size parameter may be suffixed by one of the > > following the units designators: 's', 'K', 'M', or 'G', for 512 byte > > sectors, kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, respectively." > > > > In contrast to hard disk specifications, the suffixes are interpreted > > as base-2 multiples, not base-10 multiples. This could lead to data > > loss when shrinking a filesystem and then separately shrinking the > > partition, if the partitioning tool is not filesystem-aware. > > > > The manual page should state explicitly that the suffixes are > > interpreted as base-2 multiples. > > Priority *important*?!? [...]
Because of the potential for data loss in case of confusion. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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