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Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: Use exfat-utils package instead of exfatprogs
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Daniel Kiper |
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Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: Use exfat-utils package instead of exfatprogs |
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Tue, 16 May 2023 15:28:49 +0200 |
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On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 11:21:20PM -0500, Glenn Washburn wrote:
> The exfat-utils package is an older package complementing exfat-fuse, and
> was the only exfat tools for a long time. The exfat filesystem testing code
> was written with these tools in mind. A newer project exfatprogs appears to
> be of better quality and functionality and was written to complement the
> somewhat new exfat kernel module. Ideally we should be using the newer
> exfatprogs. However, the commandline interface for mkfs.exfat is different
> between the two. So we can't use the exfatprogs tools until the test scripts
> have been updated to account for this. Recommend installing exfat-utils
> instead of exfatprogs for now.
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> Signed-off-by: Glenn Washburn <development@efficientek.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Daniel