Bug#516428: broken question about creating a filesystem in regular file

2009-05-29 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 04:25:11PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > > Hi, > > I think this bug was user-error; do you agree? You haven't replied in > over a month, so if I don't get response soon Hi, I didn't receive your last mail. Actually I think I found the problem. > > That will blow up ins

Bug#516428: broken question about creating a filesystem in regular file

2009-05-28 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 01:29:02PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 06:20:43PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > Attached. Btw, I forgot to mention how did I create the file. This time I > > reproduced it with a "dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp bs=32k count=1" file. > > > > That w

Bug#516428: broken question about creating a filesystem in regular file

2009-04-18 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 06:20:43PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > Attached. Btw, I forgot to mention how did I create the file. This time I > reproduced it with a "dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp bs=32k count=1" file. > That will blow up instantly with: tmp: Not enough space to build proposed filesys

Bug#516428: broken question about creating a filesystem in regular file

2009-04-18 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:32:27AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > tags 516428 +unreproducible > thanks > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:20:09PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > Package: e2fsprogs > > Version: 1.41.3-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > $ /sbin/mke2fs -j tmp > > mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) >

Bug#516428: broken question about creating a filesystem in regular file

2009-04-18 Thread Theodore Tso
tags 516428 +unreproducible thanks On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:20:09PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > Package: e2fsprogs > Version: 1.41.3-1 > Severity: normal > > $ /sbin/mke2fs -j tmp > mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) > tmp is not a block special device. > Proceed anyway? (y,n) y > $ > > This used t

Bug#516428: broken question about creating a filesystem in regular file

2009-02-21 Thread Robert Millan
Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.41.3-1 Severity: normal $ /sbin/mke2fs -j tmp mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) tmp is not a block special device. Proceed anyway? (y,n) y $ This used to work 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1, now it won't do it unless -F was used. -- System Information: Debian Releas