Re: PR/51230 CVS commit: src/sbin/gpt

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:30:01 +0000 (UTC), John Nemeth wrote:

Thanks for the lengthy explanation.

>       Unfortunately, it is too late to make gpt(8) work like dkctl,
>  etc., since gpt(8) has been a part of NetBSD for almost ten years
>  (it was imported on Oct. 15th, 2006).

While one could say that it was slow in the coming, and probably still 
isn't widely being used...

>  One option, which Robert
>  noted, would be to have a link, called 'gptlabel' which would behave
>  similiar to how 'dkctl' does.

... this might well be the best solution.

Cheerio,
hauke

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