Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie@iscas.ac.cn> writes:

> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
>
>> 1.47.0 would, by default, create an ext4 filesystem which was not
>> readable by our current version of grub.  This should also address a
>> number of the system test failures.
>>
>> * gnu/packages/linux.scm (e2fsprogs): Downgrade to 1.46.6.
>>
>> Change-Id: Ifa6841185ab85d24479f981afc1b42a349716d80
>> ---
>>  gnu/packages/linux.scm | 6 ++++--
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
>> index 2e0c05b4f7..76c69701b8 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
>> @@ -2548,10 +2548,12 @@ (define-public usbip-utils
>>  module.")
>>      (license license:gpl2)))
>>  
>> +;; XXX: Before updating to 1.47+ check if grub supports the ext4 flag
>> +;; metadata_csum_seed, otherwise grub will complain about an unknown filesystem.
>>  (define-public e2fsprogs
>>    (package
>>      (name "e2fsprogs")
>> -    (version "1.47.0")
>> +    (version "1.46.6")
>>      (source (origin
>>               (method url-fetch)
>>               (uri (string-append
>> @@ -2560,7 +2562,7 @@ (define-public e2fsprogs
>>                     "e2fsprogs-" version ".tar.xz"))
>>               (sha256
>>                (base32
>> -               "1nymjw801lmlr5y6bg1zv9jsip5dkyxqislbdzpir4mx5czzajhl"))))
>> +               "1z7lqkvrw97jym2w2gz1aj3d9maxhrk6alv3vrzfkr7mkzqifxd7"))))
>>      (build-system gnu-build-system)
>>      (inputs (list `(,util-linux "lib")))
>>      (native-inputs (list pkg-config
>>
>> base-commit: 56980ea500a1db3c8586972b8abfaf5c4e24f82d
> hello, this downgrade make my visionfive2 boot fail,
>
> #+begin_src bash
>
> /dev/mmcblk1p3 has unsupported feature(s): FEATURE_C12
> e2fsck: Get a newer version of e2fsck!
>
> Guix_image: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********
>
> File system check on /dev/mmcblk1p3 failed
>
> #+end_src
> i think maybe we should use 1.47.0 and disable metadata_csum_seed by
> default, like debian and gentoo?
>
> see https://sources.debian.org/data/main/e/e2fsprogs/1.47.0-2/debian/patches/disable-metadata_csum_seed-and-orphan_file-by-default
> and https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=747be80bc0594b776e233912ce517b38d5726891

I can continue boot when I exit the Bourne-like REPL, but I have to
enter it manually, which is inconvenient and easily misinterpreted as a
boot failure.