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

Am 28.09.25 um 12:08 schrieb Alexey Dokuchaev:
> 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    linuxfdisk is woefully outdated and installs scripts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

That would probably start with your setting the relevant sysctl to 16 on 
FreeBSD so you actually mess with the MBR, and then attaching truss to 
figure what's still broken...

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Matthias Andree
FreeBSD ports committer