mkfs did not actually accept the long form --verbose option.
Also the man page seemed to indicate that version/verbose/help
options were passed to the filesystem specific utility when this
is not the case.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
disk-utils/mkfs.8 | 7 +------
disk-utils/mkfs.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
index 9e82bc4..3b905b2 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.8
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ If not specified, the default filesystem type
.TP
.I fs-options
Filesystem-specific options to be passed to the real filesystem builder.
-Although not guaranteed, the following options are supported
-by most filesystem builders.
.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-verbose"
Produce verbose output, including all filesystem-specific commands
@@ -73,10 +71,7 @@ Display help text and exit.
.SH BUGS
All generic options must precede and not be combined with
filesystem-specific options.
-Some filesystem-specific programs do not support the
-.B -V
-(verbose) option, nor return meaningful exit codes.
-Also, some filesystem-specific programs do not automatically
+Some filesystem-specific programs do not automatically
detect the device size and require the
.I size
parameter to be specified.
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.c b/disk-utils/mkfs.c
index a6795cb..cb34951 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.c
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
static const struct option longopts[] = {
{"type", required_argument, NULL, 't'},
{"version", no_argument, NULL, VERSION_OPTION},
+ {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
};
--
1.8.3.2
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