Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:05:05 -0700 From: "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net> To: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> Cc: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org, sjg@juniper.net Subject: Re: makefs Sparse Files: NetBSD CLI Compatibility Message-ID: <20130814190505.0714558097@chaos.jnpr.net> In-Reply-To: <520B81D1.1010500@vangyzen.net> References: <520B81D1.1010500@vangyzen.net>
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On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:10:41 -0500, Eric van Gyzen writes: >NetBSD's makefs has a -Z flag to create the image as a sparse file. In >FreeBSD, the flag is spelled -p. Is there a reason for using a >different flag? No, the -p should have been dropped before we committed to FreeBSD. But it is there, and Glen expressed a desire to leave it working. I expect you could drop -p from the man page and usage message. Ie. just document -Z, but leave -p active, and no harm should result. >If we agree, I'll gladly make the patches, trivial though they'll be. Thanks --sjg
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