AW: Re: ext3 Filessyten in FC5-Test incompatible with other FC or RHEL versions

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 21:18 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 03:31:03PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>  > On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 14:47 +0100, gsc.news at online.de wrote:
>  > > >If I recall, there was a change in the ext2 utilities from FC3 to FC4 
>  > > >which fsils with earlier distro created partitions.
>  > > >
>  > > >I believe you need to disable filechecking with the entries in your 
>  > > >fstab  file. That is, change the last two digits in your older distros 
>  > > >to zero.
>  > > >Alternatively, you could mount the other OS partitions whenever you need 
>  > > >to access the files on the common partitions..
>  > > >
>  > > >Are you talking about a common /home partition?
>  > > 
>  > > Yes, and therefore, I can't use my privous installations anymore.
>  > 
>  > that sounds nasty; maybe fedora should turn off MLS for now until
>  > there's a better compatibility?
> 
> The latest FC4 update kernel can read MLS labelled filesystems without problem.
> I've not checked FC3, that one might be a little more tricky, as the compat code
> requires changes that have happened post 2.6.12 (where FC3 is currently sat).
> Given the effort required to make that work, the limited time remaining in the
> FC3 lifetime, and the low general appeal of such a feature, it probably won't
> get fixed

given that even RHEL4 can't get compatibility code.. why go through this
pain in the first place? Is MLS a compelling enough feature for fedora
to go through this pain? Is it even used for something or by someone in
the first place?