Re: git: 4d03cd5c0e7c - main - sysutils/linuxfdisk: deprecate, see util-linux

On Sun, Jul 06, 2025 at 12:30:13PM +0000, Matthias Andree wrote:
> commit 4d03cd5c0e7cfaffd8aadf9e932908c2ef31485e
> 
>   sysutils/linuxfdisk: deprecate, see util-linux
> 
>   linuxfdisk is woefully outdated and installs scripts
>   that are installed in current versions by util-linux.
> 
>   Deprecate and expire in three months.

It installs programs (ELF binaries), not scripts.  Back in those days
linuxish fdisk(8) was more convenient than our tools, and I still use
it to edit partition tables because its interactive mode is so fluent
and intuitive.

Now, fdisk(8) from `devel/util-linux' does not seem to work this way:

  % $WRKDIR/util-linux-2.39.4/fdisk /dev/da0

  Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.39.4).
  Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
  Be careful before using the write command.

  fdisk: cannot open /dev/da0: Invalid argument

So before someone(tm) would fix this new version to actually work like
the old one, we're not ready to deprecate `sysutils/linuxfdisk' port.

./danfe