Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:20:01 GMT From: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/180861: gpart backup/restore doesn't restore labels Message-ID: <201307261920.r6QJK1AX008997@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/180861; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/180861: gpart backup/restore doesn't restore labels Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:18:53 -0700 On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Andrey V. Elsukov <bu7cher@yandex.ru> wrote: > On 26.07.2013 06:21, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>> Description: >> I'm rebuilding a GPT table from scratch which was previously mirrored, attempting using... >> >> gpart backup ada0 > /tmp/bk >> gpart restore ada1 < /tmp/bk >> >> And noticed that it didn't restore the labels for the device when I ran `gpart list ada1`. > > You forgot to specify -l flag when restoring. But anyway it can't > restore scheme specific labels, like gptids. Ack, ok. From a usability perspective though I would hope that -l would default to on, not off. It caught me by surprise more than anything else when the labels weren't present.
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