Re: CVS commit: src/sbin/gpt

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Nov 29, 11:22pm, jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sbin/gpt

|      I have read the Makefile.  I think there is confusion between
| the tool version and the crossbuilt version intended to go in the
| release being built.  Obviously, the tool version will use the
| system headers, and that may be the one that I saw fail (I don't
| have the log anymore).

The cross-built version is not affected either. In current it will just
use the ioctls and be happy. In older versions it will use what it had,
since it is not changed.

|      Maybe so, but one could just lift the source code from -current
| and plunk it on an older version of NetBSD and it would just work.
| Now, one can not do that.  Having to update the kernel for a
| relatively small userland utility is kind of annoying.

That's the only disadvantage. Even if you wanted to do this, I am
saying I would prefer that the pullup was done to the kernel to
support the missing ioctls. And we are talking only about NetBSD-6
where the utility is not that useful, since NetBSD-7 has them. Are
you really planning to support gpt disks on NetBSD-6?

christos