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On Oct 8, 2011, at 12:05 , Lev Serebryakov wrote:

> Hello, Ivan.
> You wrote 8 =D0=BE=D0=BA=D1=82=D1=8F=D0=B1=D1=80=D1=8F 2011 =D0=B3., =
0:23:14:
>=20
>> If you think this should be explicitely handled, please file a PR
>> which requests the modification of gpart so that it detects that a =
GPT
>> is being created in anything other than a raw drive, and warns the
>> user.
>  It should be mentioned in documentation, at least.
>  But how people will create bootable gmirror installation in such
> case? Make (many) mirrors from parts? I don't like this idea...

Good example of what I would call laziness -- other would call it =
hacking I guess. Either way, the solution we have now is permitting some =
exotic setups, but is fragile and is not consistent. Most of the useful =
features are actually side effects of the hack.

If it should remain this way, a warning in the documentation and at =
runtime is very helpful.

Daniel=