fsck.8.in: Add much more explicit language documenting how the

	fs_passno field in /etc/fstab is handled.  (Addresses
	Debian bug #30833).

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index 9919f38..b2092fa 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-07-20  Theodore Tso  <tytso@valinux.com>
+
+       * fsck.8.in: Add much more explicit language documenting how the
+               fs_passno field in /etc/fstab is handled.  (Addresses
+               Debian bug #30833).
+
 2001-07-19  Theodore Tso  <tytso@valinux.com>
 
        * fstype.c (identify_fs): New file which looks at the superblock

diff --git a/misc/fsck.8.in b/misc/fsck.8.in
index 7e53932..e9903bd 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/fsck.8.in
+++ b/misc/fsck.8.in
@@ -168,10 +168,16 @@ filesystems will be checked in the order specified by the
 file.  
 Filesystems with a 
 .I fs_passno
-value of 0 are skipped and are not checked at all.
+value of 0 are skipped and are not checked at all.  Filesystems with a
+.I fs_passno
+value of greater than zero will be checked in order, with filesystems
+with filesystems with the lowest
+.I fs_passno 
+number being checked first.
 If there are multiple filesystems with the same pass number, 
 fsck will attempt to check them in parallel, although it will avoid running 
 multiple filesystem checks on the same physical disk.  
+.sp
 Hence, a very common configuration in 
 .I /etc/fstab
 files is to set the root filesystem to have a