kern/157724: [geom] gpart(8) 'add' command must preserve gap
for schemes
Marcel Moolenaar
marcel at xcllnt.net
Mon Jun 27 16:40:18 UTC 2011
The following reply was made to PR kern/157724; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel at xcllnt.net>
To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, eirnym at gmail.com,
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 09:39:11 -0700
On Jun 27, 2011, at 4:38 AM, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> 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.
There isn't a lot we can do about it. This is one of those
historical mistakes that you can't fix without breaking with
30+ years of history. It's not worth the hassle IMO...
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Marcel Moolenaar
marcel at xcllnt.net
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