kern/157724: [geom] gpart(8) 'add' command must preserve gap for schemes

[Andrey V. Elsukov]

The following reply was made to PR kern/157724; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae at FreeBSD.org>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, eirnym at gmail.com
Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel at FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: kern/157724: [geom] gpart(8) 'add' command must preserve gap
 for schemes
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:38:08 +0400

 Hi, Eir Nym
 
 I am partially agree with you. geom_part_bsd does not protects
 metadata from overwriting. And it is bad for users which are not
 aware about this. Also it is easy to wipe metadata now, when
 first partition of BSD scheme should not always have UFS file
 system.
 
 -- 
 WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov