Get fsfreeze in Ubuntu
Bug #712689 reported by
Ahmed Kamal
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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util-linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Oneiric |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Scott Moser |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: util-linux
Please get the "fsfreeze" tool in Ubuntu. Current util-linux package does not include it
fsfreeze is a tool to suspend access to a filesystem (Linux Ext3/4, ReiserFS, JFS, XFS) using Linux's standard API for freezing mountpoints
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This can be quite useful for performing backups
Related branches
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
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I pulled fsfreeze from current HEAD of util-linux (git:// git.kernel. org/pub/ scm/utils/ util-linux/ util-linux. git 260d3cf7f30c) and put that into util-linux. Then built, and tried running it.
First, I did:
$ sudo fsfreeze --freeze / ; sudo fsfreeze --unfreeze /
I hoped that the second would get run after the first, and even if i lost keyboard input or something I'd still unfreeze.
Instead, the system completely froze.
Then, after rebooting, I tried:
$ mount /dev/sda8 /mnt
$ sudo fsfreeze /mnt
The same thing happened.
So, I'm all for getting 'fsfreeze' and its function into Ubuntu (and ideally natty), but it seems like it isn't as trivial as just grabbing 2 files.