Bug#394657: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#394657: initscripts: Option for an fsck no matter whether the machine is on AC or battery

[Wolfgang Pfeiffer]

On Tue, Oct 24 2006, at 16:35 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> reopen 394657
> severity 394657 wishlist
> tag 394657 = confirmed
> thanks
> 
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 22 2006, at 23:44 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > > On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > > So I'd suggest an option to force the usual fsck no matter whether the
> > > > machine is running on AC or battery -- perhaps via some setting in
> > > > /etc/default/.
> > > 
> > > Is anything wrong with the /forcefsck file?
> > 
> > 
> > *** 1:
> > 
> > /forcefsck does not seem to be documented anywhere on Debian when
> > searching like this: 
> 
> I don't know where it came from, either.  But it has been there for a long
> time.  And I did *ask* what was wrong with the /forcefsk file for your
> needs, which you answered in this email.
> 
> > Whereas I was suggesting an option to set up a check, for the time of
> > booting, to see whether the last shutdown was clean and, if it wasn't,
> > perform the check.
> 
> I see. I didn't understand what you wanted. Maybe that's the reason why I
> asked if /forcefsck was not appropriate?
> 
> That said, this is a valid concern, and one I fell should be honoured.
> Since you have closed the bug report, I am reopening it.

:)

OK, so I probably simply misunderstood your one-liner
"Is anything wrong with the /forcefsck file?" as something like:
"Why should you need more than the /forcefsck file?"

Sorry if I was interpreting too fast ....

Best Regards
Wolfgang

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