From nobody Thu Jan 25 16:15:39 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 4TLQt05yYyz57YNF for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:15:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-ed1-x52b.google.com (mail-ed1-x52b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::52b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1D4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4TLQt02Yy3z54Xm for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:15:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: by mail-ed1-x52b.google.com with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-55a9008c185so1569994a12.1 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:15:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1706199351; x=1706804151; darn=freebsd.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=iUYEY7oY7MBcppQabGfAS3Uj5zbP6ahIjySeXNFJs1o=; b=jOO3rE8erknan8J1iAtWpGAtA1bpVZxANN0fDzOQikAwJOgEp3JnCDDyqNvezaYaCR anM1LY/AYXRMr4rEkC6NnoiADJXM64PDjEEP92Pji6Mx/Nv4unEELubs8yn49+Z2TR93 2PCD1vMobmB9JovZpsg4PU114sH6zblL8mqx4meaRQeITjuptozRujItAlyJcxAJDQWC fSiXAf3gpFEYjE1vWJaEkCWZBTlQ0N8hcWfWAWqsVMEwu2q7DeLebo+TZg/zGOZ0wpEC o+kxyHi7jyymTD5ouvRiWPoY2O3O/0toQSM1iLUDAY+oixMCQ9R6byNCGFj1n7GYdvMU zCGQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1706199351; x=1706804151; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=iUYEY7oY7MBcppQabGfAS3Uj5zbP6ahIjySeXNFJs1o=; b=w/7C7/0BT9l5682yoqFLdL3pJbq0NXpdJ6krypuouGwKNibaRjt0h8USTxUWqGmtsM 1P4TWbEbyYLOXzmMH3NAXM0R3sVNt2r1qIde/bRHd0sDhSOw60nckWi883ha1QVFktqe djoX4jGVXLme456vVK9DIJ8t/tpFHQOWywr55DwEiVLHU8eAnc8bB3eym27SiQJmHHZ4 bPplYqmsVP5ud0s8KbEj3jdTV9WAUxI/pvNhwsN7dFRh/qNatTeLuWE167z4UyOyXHi0 P3+EtviIEhliNpozWdd/0DDhJxqH+fyLvLOuZbhQc5LTgms2uZ2PHjY41FmV7JFnJHiz iisQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yx7EKJJkwowkEsC4x2vMhU2br7KOpWIbQlbch6hWh5x36I5ZUtV pGXUw+Ov6FZjoW+R1iLjYOK99AK6VVXxeO1Zt9elh7RicELmWrGeUNjI2Zr2NrFSNTsnGUmYeaW z3KsdRK9TDAVecQSizPBCiM99Arpcf6x96WGjMQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IH2gfrEbe95PtLl4myBWjj+kZ4og077zAKcL6yK3PR9UFG356b5VreMC3mto0j6Q4PPwRwGjy8VbdVXJYcllug= X-Received: by 2002:a50:fb17:0:b0:55c:79ee:6970 with SMTP id d23-20020a50fb17000000b0055c79ee6970mr95644edq.19.1706199350733; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:15:50 -0800 (PST) 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 References: <202401251600.40PG0VMb002219@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:15:39 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Removing fdisk and bsdlabel (legacy partition tools) To: Ed Maste Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , FreeBSD Current Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000378136060fc77e80" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4TLQt02Yy3z54Xm 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:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US] --000000000000378136060fc77e80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 9:11=E2=80=AFAM Ed Maste wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 11:00, Rodney W. Grimes > wrote: > > > > > These will need to be addressed before actually removing any of these > > > binaries, of course. > > > > You seem to have missed /rescue. Now think about that long > > and hard, these tools classified as so important that they > > are part of /rescue. Again I can not stress enough how often > > I turn to these tools in a repair mode situation. > > I haven't missed rescue, it is included in the work in progress I > mentioned. Note that rescue has included gpart since 2007. > What can fdisk and/or disklabel repair that gpart can't? Warner > --000000000000378136060fc77e80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 9:11=E2=80=AFAM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 11:00, Rodney W. G= rimes
<freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
>
> > These will need to be addressed before actually removing any of t= hese
> > binaries, of course.
>
> You seem to have missed /rescue.=C2=A0 Now think about that long
> and hard, these tools classified as so important that they
> are part of /rescue.=C2=A0 Again I can not stress enough how often
> I turn to these tools in a repair mode situation.

I haven't missed rescue, it is included in the work in progress I
mentioned. Note that rescue has included gpart since 2007.
=

What can fdisk an= d/or disklabel repair that gpart can't?

Warner
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