ChangeLog, fsck.8.in:

  fsck.8.in: Add clarification that filesystems with a fs_passno of 0
  	are skipped with the -A option.  (Debian wishlist/bug #63442)

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index 60ff2a9..a51329a 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2000-12-02    <tytso@snap.thunk.org>
 
+       * fsck.8.in: Add clarification that filesystems with a fs_passno
+               of 0 are skipped with the -A option.  (Debian wishlist/bug
+               #63442)
+       
        * fsck.c (wait_one): When we let a new fsck take control of the
                console to display the progress bar, set FLAG_PROGRESS to
                so that fsck knows not to start new processes during an

diff --git a/misc/fsck.8.in b/misc/fsck.8.in
index bef29f2..d26b466 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/fsck.8.in
+++ b/misc/fsck.8.in
@@ -127,9 +127,14 @@ filesystems will be checked in the order specified by the
 .I fs_passno 
 (the sixth) field in the 
 .I /etc/fstab
-file.  If there are multiple filesystems with the same pass number, 
+file.  
+Filesystems with a 
+.I fs_passno
+value of 0 are skipped and are not checked at all.
+If there are multiple filesystems with the same pass number, 
 e2fsck will attempt to check them in parallel, although it will avoid running 
-multiple filesystem checks on the same physical disk.  Hence, 
+multiple filesystem checks on the same physical disk.  
+Hence, 
 a very common configuration in 
 .I /etc/fstab
 files is to set the root filesystem to have a