[Libguestfs] [nbdkit PATCH 2/3] ext2: Deprecate ext2 plugin

Plan to remove it in the next-but-one stable release. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com&gt; --- plugins/ext2/nbdkit-ext2-plugin.pod | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/plugins/ext2/nbdkit-ext2-plugin.pod b/plugins/ext2/nbdkit-ext2-plugin.pod index b8d6c21e..5691b6a2 100644 --- a/plugins/ext2/nbdkit-ext2-plugin.pod +++ b/plugins/ext2/nbdkit-ext2-plugin.pod @@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ ext4 filesystems nbdkit ext2 disk=fs.img file=/disks/disk.raw +=head1 DEPRECATED + +B<The ext2 plugin is deprecated in S<nbdkit E<ge> 1.17.8> and will be +removed in S<nbdkit 1.20>>. It has been replaced with a filter with +the same functionality, see L<nbdkit-ext2-filter(1)>. You can use the +filter like this: + + nbdkit --filter=ext2 file fs.img ext2file=/disks/disk.raw + =head1 DESCRIPTION C<nbdkit-ext2-plugin> is an nbdkit plugin which can read and @@ -82,6 +91,7 @@ C<nbdkit-ext2-plugin> first appeared in nbdkit 1.4. L<nbdkit(1)>, L<nbdkit-plugin(3)>, +L<nbdkit-ext2-filter(1)>, L<nbdkit-partition-filter(1)>, L<nbdkit-guestfs-plugin(1)>, L<http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/>;, @@ -93,4 +103,4 @@ Richard W.M. Jones =head1 COPYRIGHT -Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc. +Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Red Hat Inc. -- 2.24.1