https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409360 Summary: mkfs.xfs destroys file even with "-N" flag Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: 32bit OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: archie@dellroad.org QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- When given the "-N" flag, mkfs.xfs is supposed to print out the filesystem details but not otherwise touch anything. However, it is possible to destroy a file even when "-N" is given: $ echo foobar > somefile $ ls -l somefile -rw-r--r-- 1 archie awarix 7 Jul 15 15:13 somefile $ mkfs.xfs -N -b size=4096 -i size=2048 -s size=4096 -d file=1,name=somefile,size=100m meta-data=somefile isize=2048 agcount=4, agsize=6400 blks = sectsz=4096 attr=2 data = bsize=4096 blocks=25600, imaxpct=25 = sunit=0 swidth=0 blks naming =version 2 bsize=4096 log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=1440, version=2 = sectsz=4096 sunit=1 blks, lazy-count=0 realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0 $ ls -l somefile -rw-r--r-- 1 archie awarix 0 Jul 15 15:15 somefile $ rpm -qf `which mkfs.xfs` xfsprogs-2.9.8-7.1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.