Re: Error with libreiserfs

[Yury Umanets]

Andrew Clausen wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:50:00PM +0300, Yura Umanets wrote:
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> > Hi Andrew,
> > It seems, if reiserfs support is not installed, command mkpartfs primary 
> > reiserfs 0 2000 leads the following error:
> >
> > Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition
> >    
>
> Ah, ooops!
>
> Basically: that error makes sense (to us programmers), because
> the constraint is: "there is no way to do this" (NULL).
>
> So, what should ped_file_system_get_create_constraint() return if
> there's no implementation for that fs?  Should the front-end
> check if it's NULL, and deduce there's no support for that FS?
>
> This is a big problem in general with constraint solvers: they
> are good at finding solutions, but bad at explaining why solutions
> don't exist.
>
> Ideas?
Probably one simple check if filesystem implemented after there is no 
solution will help?

> Cheers,
> Andrew
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Yury Umanets