Re: bin/43454: gpt(8) and disklabel(8) conflict with each other

[Grégoire Sutre <gregoire.sutre%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/43454; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gr=E9goire_Sutre?= <gregoire.sutre%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/43454: gpt(8) and disklabel(8) conflict with each other
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:09:51 +0200

 On 06/11/2010 12:05, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR bin/43454; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: Martin Husemann<martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Subject: Re: bin/43454: gpt(8) and disklabel(8) conflict with each other
 > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:00:56 +0200
 >
 >   On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 08:05:00AM +0000, 
 > gregoire.sutre%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
 >   >  On a gpt-partitioned disk, running disklabel -e -I silently destroys 
 > the GPT
 >   >  header.
 >   >
 >   >  Conversely, on a BSD-labeled disk (with a BSD label for the whole disk, 
 > i.e.
 >   >  no DOS partition table in the MBR), running gpt create silently create 
 > destroys
 >   >  the BSD disklabel.
 >
 >   Yes - but what is the bug in this behaviour? You want a warning prompt?
 
 Yes, a warning prompt would be nice.  Or abort by default when the tool
 detects some valid data (gpt header for disklabel(8), bsd label for
 gpt(8)), and have an option (unfortunately -f is already taken) to
 force the writing.
 
 Grégoire