Quoting Simon Richter (2019-09-05 12:05:40) > On Wed, Sep 04, 2019 at 09:24:31PM +0200, gui@iroqwa.org wrote: > > > I intend to orphan the gdisk package. > > > The package description is: > > GPT fdisk (aka gdisk) is a text-mode partitioning > > tool that works on Globally Unique Identifier > > (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) disks, rather than > > on the more common (through 2009) > > Master Boot Record (MBR) partition tables. > > I believe this can be safely removed. The fdisk program has gained GPT > support since gdisk was written, so a separate tool is no longer > needed. Please don't drop gdisk - it has special features not found in other tools, e.g. for migrating between formats and creating "hybrid" MBRs: See its manpage about the "recovery & transformation menu". If noone else steps up, I might look after it, but I prefer if someone else does it (I have my hands full already). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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