[arch-releng] [PATCH 1/1] double file size with sparse blocks

[Christian Hesse]

Christian Hesse <list at eworm.de> on Mon, 2013/09/02 10:03:
> From: Christian Hesse <mail at eworm.de>
> 
> This allows to grow the filesystem after system boot up. We have no
> additional cost as squashfs handles sparse files.
> ---
>  archiso/mkarchiso | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso
> index 8f9ed42..563f624 100755
> --- a/archiso/mkarchiso
> +++ b/archiso/mkarchiso
> @@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ _mkfs () {
>      cp -aT "${_fs_src}/" "${work_dir}/mnt/${_src}/"
>      _msg_info "Done!"
>      _umount_fs "${work_dir}/mnt/${_src}"
> +    # double size with sparse blocks, will allow to grow the filesystem
> +    truncate -s$((_fs_size*2))M "${_fs_img}"
>  }
>  
>  command_checksum () {

Currently I am maintaining this in a local package for myself. Any chance to
get this merged upstream?
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