Package: gnu-fdisk Version: any Followup-For: Bug #504747 At least this bug should be important (or wishlist) severity bug if we consider only the bug reported here. But I am happy to keep this as RC. Here is the situation:
Although some of the way gnu-fdisk works (bug#504099) is not something I like, this Bug #504747 behavior of gnu-fdisk is normal and expected. "GNU parted" also wipes out MBR when editting GPT. Basically, running GPT managing software will reset and clean MBR record to the GPT used by EFI. Of course, it is nice to support hybrid partition scheme where GPT and MBR is mixed like my situation here with MacBook. http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook/DebianInstallTutorial But both parted and gnu-fdisk suppot only pure GPT system at this moment. This bug report is nothing but wishlist for feature enhancement to support hybrid scheme. The same issue exists in the better program: "GNU parted" unfortunately. http://bugs.debian.org/441033 (Hmmm... I should change bug to wishlist for this one... oh well.) I see problem is not just 504099 nor 504747, but dead upstream and no added value of having this package in release as discussed in 504747. We have well maintained normal fdisk program for pure MBR system. There is parted for pure GPT and pure MBR system. Since I wish this to be kept RC with reasons stated here and 504747, I keep this bug severity as is. If maintainer does not act, this means he is not paying attention for this package. I think we will be better to release lenny without this package. Osamu PS: Just because "dd" can wipe disk without warning if requested, we do not consider package including it RC buggy. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (800, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gnu-fdisk depends on: ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20081129-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libparted1.8-1 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s ii libuuid1 1.41.3-1 universally unique id library gnu-fdisk recommends no packages. gnu-fdisk suggests no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
