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Re: [REVIEW] Don't make lazy counters default for mkfs

To: Donald Douwsma <donaldd@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [REVIEW] Don't make lazy counters default for mkfs
From: Nathan Scott <nscott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:24:09 +1100
Cc: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Barry Naujok <bnaujok@xxxxxxx>, "xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx" <xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 11:18 +1100, Donald Douwsma wrote:
> 
> 
> Could work but I dont like the idea of using -f for anything but
> mkfsing an
> existing filesystem. If that becomes habit for people it could lead to
> disasters. 

Its already used for more than just overwriting existing filesystems. :)
And it is already habit for some people.  Which leads to disasters, yes.

Its not a perfect system, but there's only so much you can do for people
before they shoot themselves in the foot.

-- 
Nathan


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