+/* Run mke2fs to create a filesystem of type fstype, where fstype
+ * is the string "ext2", "ext3" or "ext4".
+ *
+ * This is more complex than it seems.
+ *
+ * On RHEL 5, the -t option was deprecated. Moreover RHEL <= 5.4
+ * systems have a bug where the -t option doesn't work (it doesn't
+ * correctly ignore the following argument).
+ *
+ * On RHEL 5, to create an ext4dev filesystem you have to use
+ * the special command /sbin/mke4fs. This can also create ext2/3
+ * using the '-t fstype' option.
+ *
+ * On Fedora 11+, mke4fs was renamed mke2fs, and it can use the
+ * '-t fstype' option to specify the filesystem type.
+ *
+ * So it seems best to run /sbin/mke4fs if it exists, or /sbin/mke2fs
+ * otherwise. We specify e4fsprogs in the package list to ensure it
+ * is loaded if it exists.
+ */
+static const char *
+get_mke2fs (void)
+{
+ static const char *const progs[] = { "/sbin/mke4fs", "/sbin/mke2fs", NULL };
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; progs[i]; ++i)
+ if (access (progs[i], F_OK) == 0)
+ return progs[i];
+
+ reply_with_error ("mke2fs: no mke2fs binary found in appliance");
+ return NULL;
+}
+