Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:15:39 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removing fdisk and bsdlabel (legacy partition tools) Message-ID: <CANCZdfofWZqDLSN6RfZAcv=Lg5UbnjAUX1EGXbH7sNL8VDBSsg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2A5ZWps1qXVL8pDkC0bP-N9qSNnRmEwsxPXPus%2BT0jdwg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPyFy2AmNmc54G66XHCnaZkgsDcbJT%2BpCi0ys=YVrPUTkX8BYQ@mail.gmail.com> <202401251600.40PG0VMb002219@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <CAPyFy2A5ZWps1qXVL8pDkC0bP-N9qSNnRmEwsxPXPus%2BT0jdwg@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 9:11 AM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 11:00, Rodney W. Grimes > <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > > > > These will need to be addressed before actually removing any of these > > > binaries, of course. > > > > You seem to have missed /rescue. Now think about that long > > and hard, these tools classified as so important that they > > are part of /rescue. Again I can not stress enough how often > > I turn to these tools in a repair mode situation. > > I haven't missed rescue, it is included in the work in progress I > mentioned. Note that rescue has included gpart since 2007. > What can fdisk and/or disklabel repair that gpart can't? Warner > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 9:11 AM Ed Maste <<a href="mailto:emaste@freebsd.org">emaste@freebsd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 11:00, Rodney W. Grimes<br> <<a href="mailto:freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > > These will need to be addressed before actually removing any of these<br> > > binaries, of course.<br> ><br> > You seem to have missed /rescue. Now think about that long<br> > and hard, these tools classified as so important that they<br> > are part of /rescue. Again I can not stress enough how often<br> > I turn to these tools in a repair mode situation.<br> <br> I haven't missed rescue, it is included in the work in progress I<br> mentioned. Note that rescue has included gpart since 2007.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What can fdisk and/or disklabel repair that gpart can't?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warner</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote></div></div></div>
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