From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Thu Sep 3 12:01:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3419E9C9BF2; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 12:01:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-x233.google.com (mail-wi0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD5C61275; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 12:01:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: by wicge5 with SMTP id ge5so71273648wic.0; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 05:01:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=sbgSYxmIXstcQOzVR/gAEs5xT9+0wPMIRZImb1D0IHE=; b=lYVdCQR5W/QGrCBFt2X5XmOSmq0WgZjDG9yK9o0e3FRFCS5m8kF2X8/y3r6LtrHahV pnqhJsgXcXtpAAibLJjdAX2CQL1fjgZ6DRGYE2eW9gnEBZFn6ulJBsI+PhXUr7dyGm0B gFNErT7fRcHDsFtcwcCDX7tece7GKwnsUV94EAvApVWXl4y/y8+oapXIzvRYBZlMydau yI1Dv+a10mxlYIn6iUsl9WbhTw5BAkiMC358QAk7ADH1p7Uy2TeFaQlxl3oSmKLzftlu AcFUNcp7YUUIvgXUQtk4RoAa1J/gUW4xmUv7xBf7CuwAxpYgoWVkXNVUnETpwgjVgGTR dKOA== X-Received: by 10.194.9.170 with SMTP id a10mr42092970wjb.135.1441281698096; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 05:01:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brick.home (euj88.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl. [83.20.181.88]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r8sm8692894wiz.2.2015.09.03.05.01.36 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 03 Sep 2015 05:01:37 -0700 (PDT) Sender: =?UTF-8?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=C5=82a?= Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 14:01:34 +0200 From: Edward Tomasz Napierala To: Gleb Smirnoff Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r287396 - in head: sbin/bsdlabel sbin/dumpfs sbin/fdisk sbin/ffsinfo sbin/mdconfig sbin/newfs sbin/newfs_msdos sbin/newfs_nandfs sbin/reboot share/man/man4 share/man/man7 share/man/man8... Message-ID: <20150903120134.GA75381@brick.home> Mail-Followup-To: Gleb Smirnoff , src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org References: <201509021408.t82E8h0Q038324@repo.freebsd.org> <20150902143702.GM1023@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150902143702.GM1023@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 12:01:40 -0000 On 0902T1737, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 02:08:43PM +0000, Edward Tomasz Napierala wrote: > E> Author: trasz > E> Date: Wed Sep 2 14:08:43 2015 > E> New Revision: 287396 > E> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/287396 > E> > E> Log: > E> It's 2015, and some people are still trying to use fdisk and then > E> go asking what debug flags to set for GEOM to make it work. Advice > E> them to use gpart(8) instead. > E> > E> Something similar should probably done with disklabel, > E> but I need to rewrite the disklabel examples first. > > Thanks! > > Do we still have functionality of fdisk/bsdlabel that isn't covered > by gpart? Can we simply remove the tools? I think it would be possible, but I don't plan to do it. Some people are still happily using them, and they are used in scripts, like the nanobsd build system.