From nobody Wed Jan 24 17:40:03 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4TKrnl4rVYz58QRj for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:40:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [130.225.244.222]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4TKrnl2jG1z53JX; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:40:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (unknown [192.168.55.3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B714D892AB; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.17.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 40OHe3sk039727 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:40:03 GMT (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: (from phk@localhost) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.17.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 40OHe30K039726; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:40:03 GMT (envelope-from phk) Message-Id: <202401241740.40OHe30K039726@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Ed Maste cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: Removing fdisk and bsdlabel (legacy partition tools) In-reply-to: From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" References: List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <39724.1706118003.1@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:40:03 +0000 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4TKrnl2jG1z53JX X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1835, ipnet:130.225.0.0/16, country:EU] -------- Ed Maste writes: > MBR (PC BIOS) partition tables were historically maintained with > fdisk(8), but gpart(8) has long been the preferred method for working > with partition tables of all types. fdisk has been declared as > obsolete in the man page since 2015. Similarly BSD disklabels were > historically maintained with bsdlabel. It does not yet have a > deprecation notice - I have proposed a man page addition in > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43563. By all means! It may even be possible to shave some of the weirder bits out of GEOM when they're gone. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.