Hi
The current status of the package hfsutils v332 is really out-of-date
compared to Apple sources [1] v589.
Various GNU/Linux distributions approach this package in many different
ways.
- Debian still maintains it the outdated v332 [2]
- Fedora uses a more recent version v540 [3] which doesn't provide
anymore mkfs.hfs. A package from another source could create new
filesystems.
- Gentoo uses the same old version v332 [4]
As I don't use this package anymore and I don't think a 10 years old
package should live in the official repositories I plan to move hfsutils
to the AUR.
If someone has a better idea or wants to maintain hfsutils please let me
know. If not I'll try to update hfsutils in the AUR to v540.
[1]: https://opensource.apple.com/source/diskdev_cmds/diskdev_cmds-589/
[2]: https://packages.debian.org/sid/hfsprogs
[3]:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/hfsplus-tools/blob/master/f/hfsplus-tools.spec
[4]: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-fs/diskdev_cmds
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Fabio Castelli aka Muflone
