Re: bin/56300: gpt useless on gpt labels extending beyond disk size (also affects sysinst)

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

The following reply was made to PR bin/56300; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/56300: gpt useless on gpt labels extending beyond disk size (also affects sysinst)
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 09:32:48 -0000 (UTC)

 abs%absd.org@localhost (David Brownlee) writes:
 
 >One thought, there could be some kind of force option to bypass the size
 >check - possibly by truncating or ignoring oversized entries, which could
 >be useful for recovering damaged disk images
 
 There isn't really a size check, just a "GPT is valid" check, for
 things like 'destroy' some validations are already skipped, but
 apparently not everything.