Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 23:10:01 GMT From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/180861: gpart backup/restore doesn't restore labels Message-ID: <201307262310.r6QNA1Ow054257@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/180861; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> To: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/180861: gpart backup/restore doesn't restore labels Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 02:57:30 +0400 On 26.07.2013 23:18, Garrett Cooper wrote: > 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. It isn't on by default, because GEOM_LABELS doesn't like when different providers have the same labels. -- WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov
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