[Bug 255443] gpart(8): partition type portion is somewhat vague about symbolic name applicability to scheme types

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            Bug ID: 255443
           Summary: gpart(8): partition type portion is somewhat vague
                    about symbolic name applicability to scheme types
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Manual Pages
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: delphij at FreeBSD.org
                CC: doc at FreeBSD.org

The current manual page is somewhat vague regarding applicability of a symbolic
name (for example, 'ntfs') to partition scheme (for example, MBR) which can
cause confusion for users.

Possible improvements that I can think of for now:

a) Maybe tag the partition type with scheme names, e.g., instead of:

     ntfs                       A partition that contains a NTFS or exFAT
                                filesystem.  The scheme-specific type is "!7"
                                for MBR.

Do something like:

     ntfs                       [MBR only] A partition that contains a NTFS
                                or exFAT filesystem.  The scheme-specific 
                                type is "!7" for MBR.

or

b) Make gpart(8) recognize the symbolic names in other schemes.  For 'ntfs',
just give the value of ms-basic-data when using GPT.

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