This for RH bug #572935 -
RFE: Misleading error message from mke2fs -J option
If the journal device UUID is typo'd or otherwise not found,
the error message looks like it's a usage() type of problem.
It'd be helpful to explicitly say that the device requested
could not be found.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/misc/util.c b/misc/util.c
index b8a3cac..51bdb60 100644
--- a/misc/util.c
+++ b/misc/util.c
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ void parse_journal_opts(const char *opts)
if (strcmp(token, "device") == 0) {
journal_device = blkid_get_devname(NULL, arg, NULL);
if (!journal_device) {
+ if (arg)
+ fprintf(stderr, _("\nCould not find "
+ "journal device matching %s\n"),
+ arg);
journal_usage++;
continue;
}
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