The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the ext2 file system. It also supports the ext3 journaling file system. &buildtime; &e2fsprogs-time; &diskspace; &e2fsprogs-compsize; &aa-e2fsprogs-down; &aa-e2fsprogs-dep;   It is recommended to build E2fsprogs outside of the source tree: mkdir ../e2fsprogs-build cd ../e2fsprogs-build Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation: ../&e2fsprogs-dir;/configure --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \     --enable-elf-shlibs The meaning of the configure options: --with-root-prefix="": Certain programs (such as the e2fsck program) are considered essential programs. When, for example, /usr isn't mounted, these essential programs have to be available. They belong in directories like /lib and /sbin. If this option isn't passed to E2fsprogs's configure, the programs are placed in the /usr directory, which is not what we want. --enable-elf-shlibs: This creates the shared libraries which some programs in this package make use of. Compile the package: make If you wish to have the results tested, first make sure an mtab file exists with touch /etc/mtab to prevent some sixty tests from failing, and (if it doesn't already exist) fake the presence of an old pager with ln -s /tools/bin/cat /bin/more to prevent one test from failing, then issue: make check. Install most of the package: make install And install also the shared libraries: make install-libs &aa-e2fsprogs-shortdesc; &aa-e2fsprogs-desc;