From: Scott James Remnant Subject: Re: [PATCH] configure.in: add --disable-libuuid option (Was: libuuid (Re: blkid: util-linux-ng vs. e2fsprogs)) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:36:14 +0100 Message-ID: <1245159374.4225.7.camel@quest> References: <200905311113.23004.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20090601124857.GF31943@mit.edu> <20090603085140.GA4060@nb.net.home> <1244021945.4120.4.camel@quest> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-UDgNFD+Lb+aOrw3Luz0f" Cc: Theodore Tso , Andrey Borzenkov , util-linux-ng-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-ext4-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Karel Zak Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1244021945.4120.4.camel@quest> Sender: util-linux-ng-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org --=-UDgNFD+Lb+aOrw3Luz0f Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ted, any good? On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 10:39 +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 10:51 +0200, Karel Zak wrote: >=20 > > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:48:57AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > > > It is supposed to be safe to replace the built-in libblkid in > > > e2fsprogs with the one in util-linux-ng. There may be bugs, but if > > > there are report them, and we'll work to get them fixed. I'll try to > > > keep the bug fixes in e2fsprogs and util-linux-ng roughly synchronize= d > > > for at least a while, since it takes a while for distributions to mak= e > > > the switch. So a brusque, "drop libblkid, who cares if we screw over > > > distro's that haven't yet moved to util-linux-ng" is not in the cards= , > > > no. In terms of formal plan, probably in a year or so. I'm believer > > > in long compatibility windows. > >=20 > > Yes, this is our plan. > >=20 > > This reminds me... > >=20 > > The next step is to move libuuid from e2fsprogs to util-linux-ng. > > Currently, this library is widely used by many packages (Fedora-11): > >=20 > > $ repoquery --qf=3D"%{NAME}" --whatrequires libuuid* | sort -u | wc = -l > > 74 > >=20 > > The util-linux-ng code is already prepared for this change and the > > library has been merged into git tree. > >=20 > > It would be nice to add the --disable-uuid option to e2fsprogs. If I > > good remember Scott has a patch for this change. Scott? > >=20 > Right ;) >=20 > attached >=20 > Scott --=20 Scott James Remnant scott-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org --=-UDgNFD+Lb+aOrw3Luz0f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAko3n80ACgkQSnQiFMl4yK538QCdFnDAJBUE+WV9BNaKKm1pVnUa JhIAnjgvev43P9rMsPJkxeQ2YBrIMtzc =4yjL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-UDgNFD+Lb+aOrw3Luz0f-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html