#589228 mtd-utils: possible FHS violation, as mkfs.jffs2 and mkfs.ubifs are not in /sbin

Package:
mtd-utils
Source:
mtd-utils
Description:
Memory Technology Device Utilities
Submitter:
Christoph Anton Mitterer
Date:
2010-08-08 00:24:03 UTC
Severity:
minor
#589228#5
Date:
2010-07-15 21:42:04 UTC
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To:
Hi.

I might have spotted a policy violation here (therefore the sevirity serious).

Policy section 9.1.1. specifies:
"The location of all installed files and directories must comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy
Standard (FHS), version 2.3, with the exceptions noted below,..."

The FHS in turn specifies:
"The following files, or symbolic links to files, must be in /sbin if the corresponding subsystem is installed:
...
fsck.*
mkfs.*
"
(see http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SPECIFICOPTIONS8).


As far as I can tell this is not the case, right?

I also do not see any exception for this in section 9.1.1.


I don't judge whether /sbin is really a better location,.... just wanted to bring this to your
attention :)


Cheers,
Chris.
#589228#10
Date:
2010-08-06 19:39:08 UTC
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severity 589228 minor
thanks

mkfs.ubifs and mkfs.jffs2 link against liblzo2 which is in /usr/lib so
putting these binaries in /sbin doesn't make sense. These binaries are
not used as traditional mkfs utilities which create filesystems on block
devices. Instead they are used to create "loopback" files which include
a prebuilt filesystems.

keeping the bug open in case someone else wonders about the same issue.

Riku
#589228#17
Date:
2010-08-07 20:12:11 UTC
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But isn't jffs2 used as root-fs in some embedded devices? And wouldn't
it be necessary for that to have it in /bin ?
Then we should use wontfix, shouldn't we?


Cheers,
Chris.
#589228#22
Date:
2010-08-07 23:50:40 UTC
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yes it used rootfs no they dont need in mkfs.jffs2 in sbin.
please try to understand that mkfs.jffs2 is not used to
format block (or nand) devices. it is used to precreate
filesystems on regular files.

yes.