Description of problem: For the mke2journal-L, label is limited to 16 bytes. So if you set label longer than that length, it will be truncated. Thus the label set may not be as what you expect. So it is better to add some warning in the help of mke2journal-L to let people know this limitation. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): major: 1 minor: 2 release: 7 extra: How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.><fs> mke2journal-L 1024 "1234567890abcdefg" /dev/VG/jounal 2.><fs> get-e2label /dev/VG/jounal 1234567890abcdef Actual results: Expected results: At least a warning should be given in the help to inform people this limitation. Additional info:
*** Bug 597116 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Confirmed from the Linux sources that the volume name is limited to 16 bytes, even for ext4.
Confirmed also that Linux swap labels are 16 bytes long.
Patch posted upstream: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-June/msg00011.html
libguestfs-1.2.9-1.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libguestfs-1.2.9-1.el5
libguestfs-1.2.9-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libguestfs-1.2.9-1.fc13
This patch has been pushed upstream. If this needs to be fixed for RHEL 5 / 6, please clone this bug and adjust the Product accordingly.
libguestfs-1.2.9-1.el5.1 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libguestfs-1.2.9-1.el5.1