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Fixed up some grammar problems with the ext2ed README, added some 

clarifications.
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Theodore Ts'o 2002-07-09 01:33:51 -04:00
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@ -2,28 +2,30 @@ ext2ed - The extended-2 filesystem editor, version e2fsprogs
This version of ext2ed has been modified and updated by Theodore Ts'o
for inclusion with the e2fsprogs package.
for inclusion with the e2fsprogs package. It now builds with modern
ncurses and I've fixed various small bugs, particular in the redrawing
and resizing functions.
It is currently not built by default -- the top-level e2fsprogs
Makefile doesn't recurse into this directory. This is because ext2ed
has a number of VERY SERIOUS shortcomings:
1) It doesn't work on filesystems bigger that 2GB
1) It doesn't work on filesystems bigger than 2GB
2) It assumes that all's the world an Intel, and assumes that
everything is in Intel (little-endian) byte order.
Fixing both of these problems are non-trivial, and so I at this point
DO NOT RECOMMEND that distributions try to include this program, even
as modified and updated in e2fsprogs. This especially goes for
Fixing either of these problems would be non-trivial, and so I at this
point DO NOT RECOMMEND that distributions try to include this program,
even as modified and updated in e2fsprogs. This especially goes for
Debian, where the Debian maintainer for e2fsprogs has a history of
making authorized changes to e2fsprogs to include programs that aren't
supported, and then starts bugging me with bug reports. YES I KNOW.
THIS PROGRAM HAS HORRIBLE SHORTCOMINGS. IT IS INCLUDED HERE ONLY
BECAUSE IT'S A CONVENIENT WAY FOR (FOR E2FSPROGS DEVELOPERS ON INTEL
MACHINES) TO GENERATE TEST CASES BY SELECTIVELY CORRUPTING
FILESYSTEMS. I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM FOR USE BY GENERAL
USERS SO PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN A DISTRIBUTION.
FILESYSTEMS. I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM FOR USE BY GENERAL USERS
SO PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN A DISTRIBUTION.
I have currently disabled the use of GNU Readline in this program,
because readline and ncurses really don't play well together at all.