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I would hold my horses on xfs being unsupported claim. They explicitly said any modern file system with xattr is supported. XFS does fit that description. OP ha
by gnufied 8y ago
I would hold my horses on xfs being unsupported claim. They explicitly said any modern file system with xattr is supported. XFS does fit that description. OP has drawn his own conclusions from the Dropbox reply.
- Vash63 8y agoMy /home is XFS on my Arch system and I received the same popup from the Dropbox client. I can confirm that this does apply to XFS as well.
- spacenick88 8y agoSame for Btrfs
- rcthompson 8y agoThey did not explicitly say they support "any modern filesystem with xattr". They said that they support EXT4 and nothing else on Linux.
- altendo 8y agoThe HN link is pg 2 of the forum thread; on page 1 a Dropbox employee states the following: >The supported file systems are NTFS for Windows, HFS+ or APFS for Mac, and Ext4 for Linux. >A supported file system is required as Dropbox relies on extended attributes (X-attrs) to identify files in the Dropbox folder and keep them in sync. We will keep supporting only the most common file systems that support X-attrs, so we can ensure stability and a consistent experience. (emphasis mine)[1] XFS may support xattrs but that doesn't mean that Dropbox officially supports it. They are pretty clear on ext4 being the only supported filesystem. [1]https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Syncing-and-uploads/Linux-Dropbox-client-warn-me-that-it-ll-stop-syncing-in-Nov-why/m-p/290065/highlight/true#M42255 https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Syncing-and-uploads/Linux-Dr... Edit: added link to the proper comment in the Dropbox thread