The xfs_metadump manpage states that metadump works on a frozen filesystem; it does not. In fact, there is no way to detect a frozen filesystem, so we can't make it work, either. So just remove this from the manpage; unmounted or RO mounted is what is enforced by xfs_metadump. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 index 26cea97..4fa1b1c 100644 --- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 +++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 @@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ is \-, then the output is sent to stdout. This allows the output to be redirected to another program such as a compression application. .PP .B xfs_metadump -should only be used to copy unmounted filesystems, read-only mounted -filesystems, or frozen filesystems (see -.BR xfs_freeze (8)). -Otherwise, the generated dump could be inconsistent or corrupt. +may only be used to copy unmounted filesystems, or read-only mounted +filesystems. .PP .B xfs_metadump does not alter the source filesystem in any way. The _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
