On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:13:12, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> The behaviour you are seeing is intentional.

On 2025-10-12 17:49:41, I wrote:
< I'm sure the devs have good reason to reset the duid

I had assumed that (no complaints) but...

> Refer to the CVS commit message for version 1.163 of disklabel.c.

< but this behaviour should be documented in "man 8 disklabel"
<
< The admin needs to know the duid changed and to update
< the /etc/fstab file where duids are used by default.

As a mere mortal I need a warning label for my own good.
I see "restore" and expect all settings to be restored.
DUID is neither restored nor left unchanged and since
"fstab depends on the duid" for proper function I think
it is worth advising the user to check and update fstab.

< After you are done ROFL can you update the man page?

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