Description of problem:mkfs is unable to change the filesystem of a device the best description is the following example: /dev/sdf2 has a swap filesystem: [root@magaux alain4]# blkid |grep sdf2 /dev/sdf2: UUID="a905c813-9a8a-41b8-a56f-af76d9d43f8b" TYPE="swap" I want to switch it to ext4: [root@magaux alain4]# mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdf2 mke2fs 1.43.4 (31-Jan-2017) /dev/sdf2 contient un système de fichiers swap Proceed anyway? (y,N) y but nothing has changed: [root@magaux alain4]# blkid |grep sdf2 /dev/sdf2: UUID="a905c813-9a8a-41b8-a56f-af76d9d43f8b" TYPE="swap" this example shows that mkfs doen't make its job if the device is already formatted mkfs well worked with mageia5,4,3... and works well with others distros the same hold if I replace "swap" and "ext4" by any other filesystems Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
solved when asking "proceed anyway" type o (for oui in french) and not y [root@magaux alain4]# blkid |grep sdf2 /dev/sdf2: UUID="a905c813-9a8a-41b8-a56f-af76d9d43f8b" TYPE="swap" [root@magaux alain4]# mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdf2 mke2fs 1.43.4 (31-Jan-2017) /dev/sdf2 contient un système de fichiers swap Proceed anyway? (y,N) o En train de créer un système de fichiers avec 7863817 4k blocs et 1966080 i-noeuds. UUID de système de fichiers=89816066-50f1-4578-b53a-95515b9f2af9 Superblocs de secours stockés sur les blocs : 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000 Allocation des tables de groupe : complété Écriture des tables d'i-noeuds : complété Création du journal (32768 blocs) : complété Écriture des superblocs et de l'information de comptabilité du système de fichiers : complété [root@magaux alain4]# blkid |grep sdf2 /dev/sdf2: UUID="89816066-50f1-4578-b53a-95515b9f2af9" TYPE="ext4" mixing different languages in the commands yields always problem
Is this an upstream bug? Assigning to our Basesystem maintainers, CC'ing our util-linux maintainer.
Assignee: bugsquad => basesystemCC: (none) => marja11, tmbSummary: impossibility to change the fs of a device with mkfs => Changing the fs of a device with mkfs in French, asks "Proceed anyway? (y,N)", but doesn't accept "y" for an answer (only "o", from French "oui")
(In reply to peter lawford from comment #1) > solved > when asking "proceed anyway" type o (for oui in french) and not y > > > [root@magaux alain4]# mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdf2 > mke2fs 1.43.4 (31-Jan-2017) > /dev/sdf2 contient un système de fichiers swap > Proceed anyway? (y,N) o > En train de créer un système de fichiers avec 7863817 4k blocs et 1966080 > i-noeuds. The string "Proceed anyway?" doesn't seem to come from util-linux itself https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/tree/po I'm wondering whehter the translation is supposed to come from another base system tool. Is your system fully French, or do you have a mixed language system?
Keywords: (none) => UPSTREAM
(Too early to conclude it's an upstream issue)
Keywords: UPSTREAM => (none)
(In reply to Marja Van Waes from comment #3) > (In reply to peter lawford from comment #1) > > solved > > when asking "proceed anyway" type o (for oui in french) and not y > > > > > > > [root@magaux alain4]# mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdf2 > > mke2fs 1.43.4 (31-Jan-2017) > > /dev/sdf2 contient un système de fichiers swap > > Proceed anyway? (y,N) o > > En train de créer un système de fichiers avec 7863817 4k blocs et 1966080 > > i-noeuds. > > > > The string "Proceed anyway?" doesn't seem to come from util-linux itself > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/tree/po > > I'm wondering whehter the translation is supposed to come from another base > system tool. > > Is your system fully French, or do you have a mixed language system? my system is fully french
"Proceed anyway? (y,N)" comes from e2fsprogs It was fuzzy, so not used, when a translator unfuzzied it on 2017-02-19 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=c0149109e5e5d91db1a60985b5402092ed90197c Unfortunately, that was after e2fsprogs-1.43.4 was released (2017-01-31), so the string appears untranslated in e2fsprogs-1.43.4-1.mga6
Source RPM: util-linux-2.28.2-2.mga6 => e2fsprogs-1.43.4-1.mga6Status comment: (none) => fixed upstream in e2fsprogs-1.43.5
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Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXEDCC: (none) => ouaurelien