NetBSD-Bugs archive

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Old Index]

Re: bin/60208: 'gpt add' should error if the specified label already exists



The following reply was made to PR bin/60208; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/60208: 'gpt add' should error if the specified label already
 exists
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:02:55 -0400

 Robert Elz via gnats <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
 
 >  Just close this PR, what it requests is definitely not what we
 >  should be doing.
 
 So in your opinion, a tool silently ignoring a user's
 request is appropriate here?
 
 If so, then I think at a minimum the manual page needs
 to spell out that '-l' is advisory and may silently be
 ignored, yielding a wedge with a different label from
 the one that was specified.
 
 -Jan
 



Home | Main Index | Thread Index | Old Index