* Michael Prokop <[email protected]> [Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 12:31:01PM +0200]: > * Aurélien GÉRÔME <[email protected]> [20080812 01:37]: > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 02:47:11AM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > > any news regarding #461888? Do you need any help?
> > util-linux fdisk is more mature than gnu-fdisk whose upstream > > development has stopped from quite some time...Therefore, I do not > > presently intend to comply with your request. > ACK, but gnu-fdisk uses libparted (whereas util-linux does not) and > several users WANT to use gnu-fdisk BECAUSE of some features not > available within util-linux. So why not let the user decide which > binaries he prefers? If you think update-alternatives isn't the way > to go why not just provide gnu-fdisk as /sbin/gnu-fdisk and cfdisk > as /sbin/gnu-cfdisk? New versions of gnu-fdisk were released and are available in Debian nowadays. Any chance to see the update-alternatives mechanism in util-linux fdisk/gnu-fdisk? regards, -mika-
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