Bug 2413545

Summary: Do not ship exfat.defrag
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: David Timber <dxdt>
Component: exfatprogsAssignee: Simone Caronni <negativo17>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 42CC: negativo17, preichl
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OS: Linux   
URL: https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/issues/318
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Description David Timber 2025-11-08 14:17:16 UTC
exfat.degrag included in exfatprogs is not functional. The implementation is inadequate and often results in data loss. It should not be included in the rpm.

See the URL for some technical detail. FS degrag should be implemented in the kernel like all the other fs on Linux such as ext4 and f2fs. defrag.exfat is implemented purely in userspace.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Simone Caronni 2025-11-10 08:55:34 UTC
Wow, your comment here cracked me: https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/issues/318#issuecomment-3480050160

I'll make the tool build only with a specific %bcond.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-11-10 09:22:27 UTC
FEDORA-2025-af877f3dbc (exfatprogs-1.3.0-2.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-af877f3dbc

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-11-10 09:22:28 UTC
FEDORA-2025-8570d13868 (exfatprogs-1.3.0-2.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-8570d13868

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-11-10 09:22:31 UTC
FEDORA-2025-4826b3ff46 (exfatprogs-1.3.0-2.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-4826b3ff46

Comment 5 David Timber 2025-11-11 02:09:51 UTC
(In reply to Simone Caronni from comment #1)
> Wow, your comment here cracked me:
> https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/issues/318#issuecomment-3480050160
> 
> I'll make the tool build only with a specific %bcond.

Good work.

I'm quite surprised that I didn't have to fight for it. One careless merge and all the show ensues.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-11-11 15:17:37 UTC
FEDORA-2025-8570d13868 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-8570d13868`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-8570d13868

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-11-11 16:17:04 UTC
FEDORA-2025-af877f3dbc has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-af877f3dbc`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-af877f3dbc

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-11-11 18:18:47 UTC
FEDORA-2025-4826b3ff46 has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-4826b3ff46`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-4826b3ff46

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-11-14 01:28:32 UTC
FEDORA-2025-af877f3dbc (exfatprogs-1.3.0-2.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2025-11-25 01:34:42 UTC
FEDORA-2025-8570d13868 (exfatprogs-1.3.0-2.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2025-11-26 01:21:30 UTC
FEDORA-2025-4826b3ff46 (exfatprogs-1.3.0-2.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.