[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#901289: Drop the `logsave` requirement in `/etc/init.d/checkfs.sh`.

[Adam Borowski]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 12:01:34AM -0400, Gong S____ wrote:
> Package: initscripts
> Version: 2.88dsf-59.10
> 
> The current version used `logsave` to save `fsck` results.
> When `logsave` is not present, the script will fail regardless of the actual FS state.
> /etc/init.d/checkfs.sh line 101 and 121:
> logsave -s $FSCK_LOGFILE fsck $spinner -M -A $fix $force $FSCKTYPES_OPT
> `logsave` is a part of `e2fsprogs`. If I do not use EXT filesystems (I use JFS on my PC) I can purge this package.
> 
> My suggestion:
> 1. Do not use `logsave`. The process is not there in previous versions.or:
> 2. If `logsave` is not found just check the FS without using `logsave`.

Or 3. copy or move logsave to the initscripts package (it's arch:any so can
take compiled code).  This is a stand-alone tool that makes no use of any
part of e2fsprogs nor of its build system.  All autoconfage is bogus, too,
re-checking things that are mandated by POSIX.

As for fsck: isn't jfs one of the remaining filesystems that still do fsck
at boot?  Most others (xfs, btrfs, reiserfs, ...) have long since dropped
this, as in-kernel recovery is good enough.  I guess jfs and ext3/4 can
likewise drop fsck this way.  We'd need fsck and thus logsave only for
ancient stuff like ext2 or minix.  Not sure if you can even install Debian
to minix fs; I wish ext2 was gone but Hurd still doesn't support anything
better.


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