From df95e09a5256529b7bb145a5a98c52aacdbfb65b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:30:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Document the default blocksize used by badblocks(8). (Addresses Debian Bug #273679) --- debian/changelog | 6 ++++++ misc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ misc/badblocks.8.in | 5 +++-- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index ac1f728..c37c4c0 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +e2fsprogs (1.35-9) unstable; urgency=low + + * Minor man page clarifications. (Closes: #273679) + + -- Theodore Y. Ts'o Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:29:29 -0400 + e2fsprogs (1.35-8) unstable; urgency=low * Remove double "//" when listing attributes in the root directory or diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog index 82579c3..0a4191b 100644 --- a/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-09-28 Theodore Ts'o + + * badblocks.8.in: Document the default block size. (Addresses + Debian Bug #273679) + 2004-09-25 Theodore Ts'o * mke2fs.c (set_fs_defaults): Only use blocksizes > 4k on Linux diff --git a/misc/badblocks.8.in b/misc/badblocks.8.in index f70db46..78b8cb5 100644 --- a/misc/badblocks.8.in +++ b/misc/badblocks.8.in @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ or .B mke2fs programs, it is important that the block size is properly specified, since the block numbers which are generated are very dependent on the -block size in use. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that +block size in use by the filesystem. +For this reason, it is strongly recommended that users .B not run @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ programs. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BI \-b " block-size" -Specify the size of blocks in bytes. +Specify the size of blocks in bytes. The default is 1024. .TP .BI \-c " number of blocks" is the number of blocks which are tested at a time. The default is 64. -- 1.8.3.1