Re: bin/39607: newfs(_msdos) falsly? reports about "read-only filesystem" w/ VND

["Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/39607; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost>
To: Quentin Garnier <cube%cubidou.net@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/39607: newfs(_msdos) falsly? reports about "read-only 
filesystem" w/ VND
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:20:31 -0400

 On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 06:07:34AM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote:
 > (.. myself cut ..)
 > 1.  Yes you should use the character device.
 > 2.  The EROFS is not a false error. (...)
 
 Ok, so "wrong alarm" so to speak. To make something useful out of this PR,
 may I suggest that it gets documented to use the character device? I see
 newfs_msods' manpage's example is using the character devices but I don't 
 see it in NOTES of newfs (where of course yet another way is noted how I
 should build my filesystem images) or newfs_msdos.
 
 Sorry for the noise.
 
 And while you maybe work on the newfs manpage, you could also fix this
 parse error for me (in NOTES section):
 
      The block size and fragment size will be written back to the
      disklabel only if the last character of special references the same par-
      tition as the minor device number.  that provide disk like block and
      character devices.
 
 Aside of that, feel free to close this.
 
 Thanks tho,
 
 -Martin