[Vmdebootstrap-devel] Bug#827130: creates ext4 fs with metadata_csum when building jessie images, breaking fsck

[Evgeni Golov]

Package: vmdebootstrap
Version: 1.5-1
Severity: normal

Ohai,

as discussed with terceiro on IRC:
when vmdebootstrap is executed on Stretch, it will use mkfs from Stretch which defaults to enabling metadata_csum.
That, however, is not compatible with e2fsck from Jessie:

/dev/vda1 has unsupported feature(s): metadata_csum
e2fsck: Get a newer version of e2fsck!

I think vmdebootstrap should default to creating the fs with "-O ^metadata_csum" when building <= Jessie.

Greets
Evgeni

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages vmdebootstrap depends on:
ii  debootstrap         1.0.81
ii  extlinux            3:6.03+dfsg-13
ii  kpartx              0.6.1-3
ii  libjs-sphinxdoc     1.3.6-2
ii  mbr                 1.1.11-5+b1
ii  parted              3.2-15
ii  python-cliapp       1.20160316-1
ii  python-distro-info  0.14
ii  python2.7           2.7.11-11
pn  python:any          <none>
ii  qemu-utils          1:2.6+dfsg-1+b1

Versions of packages vmdebootstrap recommends:
ii  grub2-common      2.02~beta2-36
ii  python-guestfs    1:1.32.5-1
ii  qemu-system       1:2.6+dfsg-1+b1
ii  qemu-user-static  1:2.6+dfsg-1+b1
ii  squashfs-tools    1:4.3-3

Versions of packages vmdebootstrap suggests:
pn  cmdtest       <none>
ii  pandoc        1.17.0.3~dfsg-2
pn  u-boot:armhf  <none>

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