ports/63599: Please remove sysutils/fsck_ext2fs and .../linux-e2fsprogs

[Matthias Andree]

>Number:         63599
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Please remove sysutils/fsck_ext2fs and .../linux-e2fsprogs
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 01 07:40:16 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthias Andree
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD libertas.emma.line.org 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #85: Sun Feb 29 18:27:00 CET 2004 toor at libertas.emma.line.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/LIBERTAS i386


	
>Description:
Please delete the sysutils/fsck_ext2fs and linux-e2fsprogs ports.

Reasons:

fsck_ext2fs has been imported from OpenBSD over three years ago and never been
touched again, so no-one knows which file system damage cases have been
discovered that it doesn't detect/repair.

fsck_ext2fs does not handle ext3 file systems which are now common in
Linux/FreeBSD dual boot machines.

linux-e2fsprogs is woefully out of date and doesn't handle ext3 either.

The two outdated fsck_ext2fs and linux-e2fsprogs ports are replaced by the
e2fsprogs port which comes with its own fsck_ext2fs wrapper and can replay ext3
journals so the FreeBSD kernel can mount them as ext2, without booting into
Linux for recovery first.

There is no need to have an outdated Linux-emulation land port when an
up-to-date native port is available.


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