From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Sep 27 15:56:05 2012
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 942E8106566C
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:56:05 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com)
Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com
	[209.85.220.182])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330B08FC0C
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:56:04 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by vcbfw7 with SMTP id fw7so2863634vcb.13
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:56:04 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
	d=googlemail.com; s=20120113;
	h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to
	:content-type; bh=/6CWbHAgCnFNR2Ticc5A0/N1RUmoYTN39n+0RuwsZTI=;
	b=EnXwAXr/Hq2IuiSO5V53vxKJXBtNAw4hoJ1kY9c9IKTmRhTgtRv8O1wEgXetGAgqcG
	aN0K5BLhW9iwMtHYb3NjdUb7aY4UndZS/WII6UsTojPfP5m7ZfzS9hxLAK/bFdhLeeXo
	trJzV5rZfy2UmVeV9/07E911ir3/yY7Ikhj/CbDN2zhj43ymO3QDdiD2ljyyFzzRf1DU
	eEdfzvdlfuT4TaK9ogWZzo5wZ6Npwrei0MVNSJiwmRaWXpD74f4bH8EuDPkEai7mBWlH
	t+1Nspa0a3eKA7U5HN8EpIwvBMhVpK6oD6bAg/w1liNzt4yFyQ+koxIbaBzmN/AArM0Q
	YxMg==
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.52.38.65 with SMTP id e1mr1959988vdk.110.1348761364161; Thu,
	27 Sep 2012 08:56:04 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.58.69.33 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:56:04 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1209270942000.4511@sea.ntplx.net>
References: <20120916120041.391C41065680@hub.freebsd.org>
	<505624A9.7040508@hesiod.org>
	<CAFHbX1KjLHCHste9H4sV_kwxWT25uRHo+oLeL3R4xev=oR8LaQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<Pine.GSO.4.64.1209170852200.17927@sea.ntplx.net>
	<BAY167-W132A828DEE55B76CE0C343AED9C0@phx.gbl>
	<Pine.GSO.4.64.1209270942000.4511@sea.ntplx.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:56:04 +0100
Message-ID: <CAFHbX1+bOutXSwHbkePF11Rz7=fWD_iDpEReCqqyx7W=1u4UnQ@mail.gmail.com>
From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Subject: Re: gpart is junk
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:56:05 -0000

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, Tom Evans wrote:
>> >> The current GEOM configuration is available from a sysctl in machine
>> >> readable format - check out kern.geom.confxml. If you are concerned
>
>
> kern.geom.confxml is far from readable.  kern.geom.conftxt is closer,
> but still not anywhere as readable as bsdlabel.
>

I did specifically say 'machine readable'. The XML is well-formed,
contains all relevant information, and is unarguably machine readable.

Cheers

Tom