#2010 Issue closed: Provide final power to the user for mkfs options if needed

Labels: enhancement, no-issue-activity

jsmeix opened issue at 2018-12-21 09:32:

This is a follow-up and generalization of
https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/2005
Provide final power to the user for mkfs.xfs options if needed

  • ReaR version ("/usr/sbin/rear -V"):

Current ReaR GitHub master code

  • Description of the issue:

Cf. https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/2005#issue-238745807
Via new optional MKFS_$FILESYSTEM_OPTIONS config variables
the user can specify mkfs options for all mkfs -f $FILESYSTEM calls
and/or via optional device specific config variables like
MKFS_$FILESYSTEM_OPTIONS_SDA2 the user can
specify mkfs options only for the mkfs -f $FILESYSTEM call
for that dvice (e.g. for /dev/sda2 via MKFS_XFS_OPTIONS_SDA2)
where device specific config variables take precedence over
the MKFS_$FILESYSTEM_OPTIONS config variable which
takes precedence over the not changed default behaviour
where some device specific options for the mkfs calls are set in
layout/prepare/GNU/Linux/130_include_filesystem_code.sh
via some stored values in disklayout.conf

  • Workaround:
# export MIGRATIN_MODE='true'
# rear -D recover

and then in layout/recreate/default/100_confirm_layout_code.sh
at its Confirm or edit the disk recreation script dialog
do Edit disk recreation script (.../diskrestore.sh)
but I consider code hacking within the recovery system
in general not really user-friendly, cf.
https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/2005#issuecomment-447799986

jsmeix commented at 2018-12-21 09:36:

As far as I know for certain filesystems there is no support in ReaR
to recreate the filesystem with all its option settings as it was on the
original system because there is no support in ReaR that stores all
its option settings so that this issue could be even considered as
an initial fix for that missing support in ReaR (not yet fully automated
but at least the user can then manually specify any mkfs options).

github-actions commented at 2020-06-28 01:33:

Stale issue message

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]