[systemd-devel] systemd-fsck change fsck arguments to "-a" -> "-y"

[Karel Zak]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:52:31AM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 03:32:46AM +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> > > > Hmm, I wonder if -a or -y is the way to go. Karel, as util-linux/fsck
> > > > maintainer, do you have an opinion whether we should use -a or -y for
> > > > automatic, non-interactive fscking? Is -a obsolete and -y the future?
> > > 
> > >  This is gray zone... there is not explicit standard or conclusion
> > >  that -a (or -p) or -y is supported by all fsck.<type> checkers.
> > >  
> > >  Anyway, it seems that -a is supported on more places.
> 
>  I did small investigation and result:
> 
>  extN: -a -y
> 
>  reaiser: -a -y
> 
>  vfat: -a -y
> 
>  minix:  -a
> 
>  cramfs: I'm going to improve fsck.cramfs to accept -a and -y
> 
>  xfs: fsck.xfs is dummy shell script, does nothing, accepts everything:-)
> 
>  btrfs: has --repair, it seems like synonym for -a (I'll ask for more
>         details at btrfs lists)

 update (after git clone): 

    fsck.btrfs accepts and silently ignores -a

 Karel

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