[Bug 271281] gpart: wrong and useless error message "Invalid argument" when gpart fails due to internal bugs

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271281

Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |Not A Bug
             Status|New                         |Closed

--- Comment #7 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> ---
Documentation might be improved, however this is not a kernel bug. 

Essentially: a partition is not a file system. 

<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/disks/#disks-adding> is fairly
clear. In a nutshell: 

* use gpart to create a partition table then add a partition

* use newfs to create a new UFS file systems.


fstyp(8)
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fstyp&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release>


gpart(8)
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gpart&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release>

add is an argument.

create is an argument. 

The PARTITION TYPES section:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gpart&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release#PARTITION_TYPES>.
If a person attempts to add, or create, a partition type that does not exist:
that is, truly: 

* an invalid argument
* not a useless error message.


mkntfs(8)
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkntfs&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports>


% pkg provides mkntfs
Name    : fusefs-ntfs-2022.10.3
Comment : Mount NTFS partitions (read/write) and disk images
Repo    : FreeBSD
Filename: usr/local/sbin/mkntfs
          usr/local/man/man8/mkntfs.8.gz
% 

sysutils/fusefs-ntfs
<https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs/>

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