Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 14:01:34 +0200 From: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> 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> In-Reply-To: <20150902143702.GM1023@FreeBSD.org> References: <201509021408.t82E8h0Q038324@repo.freebsd.org> <20150902143702.GM1023@FreeBSD.org>
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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.home | help
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