GNU bug report logs - #53209
stat shows wrong, non-existing device number

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Joachim Wagner <jo2l <at> mqzmail.eu>

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Joachim Wagner <jo2l <at> mqzmail.eu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 53209 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Joachim Wagner <jo2l <at> mqzmail.eu>
To: 53209 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Update on 53209 "stat shows wrong, non-existing device number"
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:25:16 +0000

Further reading suggests this a not a bug but a feature and only some 
filesystems choose (major<<8)+minor of the primary device specified when 
mounting the filesystem as the filesystem's device number.

A sentence in the man page explaining this would be helpful.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 130 days ago.

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