Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:24:17 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 262241] gpart(8) destroy: option -F seems to not effectively destroy all partitions in some situations Message-ID: <bug-262241-227-IhjdXV9dV1@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-262241-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262241 Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |emaste@freebsd.org --- Comment #1 from Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> --- Reproducible with md(4) # gpart create -s MBR md0 md0 created # gpart show md0 => 9 262135 md0 MBR (128M) 9 262135 - free - (128M) # ls /dev/md0* /dev/md0 # gpart add -t freebsd md0 md0s1 added # gpart show md0 => 9 262135 md0 MBR (128M) 9 262135 1 freebsd (128M) # ls /dev/md0* /dev/md0 /dev/md0s1 /dev/md0s1a # gpart create -s BSD md0s1 gpart: geom 'md0s1': File exists This doesn't seem like desired behaviour although I am not particularly surprised by it, and I believe it does not contradict the man page. `gpart destroy -F` does delete the partition(s) in the MBR scheme: that is md0s1. At the very least the man page needs to be clear (if we do not change the behaviour). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.help
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