Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 16:12:03 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/32590: counter-intuitive failure message from tunefs Message-ID: <200112072112.fB7LC3o48668@fledge.watson.org>
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>Number: 32590 >Category: bin >Synopsis: counter-intuitive failure message from tunefs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 07 13:20:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Watson >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386 >Organization: NAI Labs >Environment: FreeBSD newcyrus.watson.org 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Tue Sep 25 16:16:48 EDT 2001 root@newcyrus.watson.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: When using tunefs to set parameters that cannot be modified on a live file system, the error message may be counter-intuitive, suggesting that the command both succeeded and failed: newcyrus# tunefs -n enable /usr tunefs: soft updates set tunefs: cannot open /dev/ad0s1e: Device busy Arguably, the soft updates set message should not be printed until the call resulting in "Device busy" has succeeded. >How-To-Repeat: See above. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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