RE: util-linux bug: mkfs(8) has -V for -v

Jeremy Dilatush <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.util-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> The manpage mkfs(8) lists "-V, --verbose" which should be "-v, --verbose" (uncapitalized).
> Seen on as recent a version as 2.38.1 (on Raspberry Pi OS), also seen on 2.23.2 (on CentOS 7).
> Not as trivial a fault as it might seem, since "-V" unlike "-v" causes mkfs to do nothing.

25% user error on my part: Looks like there are two bugs here and one is already fixed:
"mkfs -j -t ext4 -V Tempy" gives version on 2.23.2 but verbose on 2.38.1.
The manpage still probably should have "-v, --verbose".

--- Jeremy
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