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| author | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2002-07-09 01:33:51 -0400 |
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| committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2002-07-09 01:33:51 -0400 |
| commit | 2b1f8279e8ede82a1e3f1a9cd6d0672a74d7353e (patch) | |
| tree | b614017ff144c4ce1206c4a4e50cd62a35a2f714 /ext2ed/README | |
| parent | d7f64ae8386bf94ec7490459c9fa0fb2b0b95e0f (diff) | |
| download | e2fsprogs-2b1f8279e8ede82a1e3f1a9cd6d0672a74d7353e.tar.gz | |
Fixed up some grammar problems with the ext2ed README, added some
clarifications.
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/ext2ed/README b/ext2ed/README index 7cad671d..fda4b87c 100644 --- a/ext2ed/README +++ b/ext2ed/README @@ -2,28 +2,30 @@ ext2ed - The extended-2 filesystem editor, version e2fsprogs This version of ext2ed has been modified and updated by Theodore Ts'o -for inclusion with the e2fsprogs package. +for inclusion with the e2fsprogs package. It now builds with modern +ncurses and I've fixed various small bugs, particular in the redrawing +and resizing functions. It is currently not built by default -- the top-level e2fsprogs Makefile doesn't recurse into this directory. This is because ext2ed has a number of VERY SERIOUS shortcomings: -1) It doesn't work on filesystems bigger that 2GB +1) It doesn't work on filesystems bigger than 2GB 2) It assumes that all's the world an Intel, and assumes that everything is in Intel (little-endian) byte order. -Fixing both of these problems are non-trivial, and so I at this point -DO NOT RECOMMEND that distributions try to include this program, even -as modified and updated in e2fsprogs. This especially goes for +Fixing either of these problems would be non-trivial, and so I at this +point DO NOT RECOMMEND that distributions try to include this program, +even as modified and updated in e2fsprogs. This especially goes for Debian, where the Debian maintainer for e2fsprogs has a history of making authorized changes to e2fsprogs to include programs that aren't supported, and then starts bugging me with bug reports. YES I KNOW. THIS PROGRAM HAS HORRIBLE SHORTCOMINGS. IT IS INCLUDED HERE ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A CONVENIENT WAY FOR (FOR E2FSPROGS DEVELOPERS ON INTEL MACHINES) TO GENERATE TEST CASES BY SELECTIVELY CORRUPTING -FILESYSTEMS. I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM FOR USE BY GENERAL -USERS SO PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN A DISTRIBUTION. +FILESYSTEMS. I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM FOR USE BY GENERAL USERS +SO PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN A DISTRIBUTION. I have currently disabled the use of GNU Readline in this program, because readline and ncurses really don't play well together at all. |