Re: bin/49510: gpt(8) fails w/o drvctl and breaks sysinst

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/49510; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>
Cc: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>, gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, martin%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/49510: gpt(8) fails w/o drvctl and breaks sysinst
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:52:41 +0700

     Date:        Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:43:43 -0800
     From:        John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <201412291043.sBTAhhOA007511%server.CornerstoneService.ca@localhost>
 
   | Finding the last block of the disk would leave
   | you in the same place as gpt(8).
 
 If
 	lseek(disk_fd, (off_t)-BLOCKSZE, SEEK_END);
 
 doesn't work to do that, then it (the drivers etc) should be fixed
 so that it does.
 
 kre