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Richard W.M. Jones b1555acc2f blockdev: Remove the --setbsz (set blocksize) option which has never worked. 
This option has never worked.  If you try setting the block size on a
block device, and then read it using --getbsz, you will see that the
block size never changes.

The reason for this is because the block size is specific to the
current file descriptor opening the block device, so the change of
block size only persists for as long as blockdev has the device open,
and is lost once blockdev exits.

Also the block size is not really used anywhere.  Filesystems, for
example, have their own idea of block size and ignore this setting
completely.

(Thanks Masayoshi Mizuma for diagnosing the problem)

Signed-off-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
 		2013-10-08 15:48:00 +02:00
Documentation docs: improve grammar and wording of the release-schedule text 2013-10-08 15:38:39 +02:00
bash-completion blockdev: Remove the --setbsz (set blocksize) option which has never worked. 2013-10-08 15:48:00 +02:00
config build-sys: inform gtk-doc about __ul_attribute__ 2013-03-15 14:58:08 +01:00
disk-utils blockdev: Remove the --setbsz (set blocksize) option which has never worked. 2013-10-08 15:48:00 +02:00
fdisks textual: use consistent wording and punctuation in fdisk stuff 2013-10-08 15:38:39 +02:00
include include: Add missing includes 2013-10-04 11:51:21 +02:00
lib losetup: don't require 512-byte aligned offsets 2013-10-01 15:52:11 +02:00
libblkid COPYING: fix grammar of referring phrase, and indicate location better 2013-10-08 15:38:39 +02:00
libfdisk various: fix mixing declarations and code compiler warnings [smatch] 2013-10-08 15:47:59 +02:00
libmount various: fix mixing declarations and code compiler warnings [smatch] 2013-10-08 15:47:59 +02:00
libuuid COPYING: fix grammar of referring phrase, and indicate location better 2013-10-08 15:38:39 +02:00
login-utils su-common: pluralize one message 2013-10-08 15:27:30 +02:00
m4 build-sys: improbe UL_CONFLICT_BUILD macro 2013-08-12 12:59:22 +02:00
misc-utils textual: tag a translator comment and put it in proper place 2013-10-08 15:38:39 +02:00
mount-deprecated mount: (deprecated) fix typo tailed->failed 2013-06-07 12:01:30 +02:00
po po: merge changes 2013-09-27 12:28:06 +02:00
schedutils textual: fix several typos and angular brackets in messages 2013-06-07 12:11:14 +02:00
sys-utils wdctl: pluralize one thrice-repeated message 2013-10-08 15:27:36 +02:00
term-utils various: fix mixing declarations and code compiler warnings [smatch] 2013-10-08 15:47:59 +02:00
tests testsL fix py<libname> check 2013-10-03 16:20:38 +02:00
text-utils textual: use the standard angular brackets for non-literal arguments 2013-10-08 15:38:39 +02:00
tools tools: generate autotools files if missing 2013-09-10 12:57:31 +02:00
.gitignore nologin: add new command 2013-09-30 13:36:26 +02:00
AUTHORS docs: update AUTHORS file 2013-09-26 12:07:45 +02:00
COPYING docs: corrections to FSF license files, and postal address 2012-02-24 14:13:35 +01:00
ChangeLog build-sys: use AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu 2011-05-26 15:04:01 +02:00
Makefile.am build-sys: install pylibmount into 2013-08-19 15:24:33 +02:00
NEWS build-sys: one install dir for all pylibmount stuff 2013-09-27 14:23:38 +02:00
README docs: use correct translation project url 2012-01-30 12:32:27 +01:00
README.licensing COPYING: fix grammar of referring phrase, and indicate location better 2013-10-08 15:38:39 +02:00
autogen.sh build-sys: remove unnecessary environment variable 2013-08-23 10:58:34 +02:00
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README 

                                  util-linux

              util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities

     Note that in years 2006-2010 this project used the name "util-linux-ng".

MAILING LIST:

      E-MAIL: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
      URL:    http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#util-linux


DOWNLOAD:

      ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/


SOURCE CODE:

      Web interface:
          http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux/util-linux.git
          https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux
      Checkout:
          git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git util-linux


NLS (PO TRANSLATIONS):

      PO files are maintained by:
          http://translationproject.org/domain/util-linux.html


VERSION SCHEMA:

      Standard releases:

          <major>.<minor>[.<maint>[.<bugfix>]]

             major = fatal and deep changes
             minor = typical release with new features
             maint = maintenance releases; bug fixes only
             bugfix = unplanned releases for critical/security bugs

      Development releases:

         <major>.<minor>-rc<N>