You have my OK to change the option, but you'll need Jordans
OK to commit it.
Poul-Henning
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warner Losh writes:
>
>Given that OpenBSD had the -e flag to fdisk first, and that it means
>edit there and that disklabel -e means edit, I'd like to apply the
>following patch to -current before it becomes 4.0. If we wait, we'll
>have compatibility problems. Right now it is too easy to shoot
>yourself in the foot with this.
>
>When this was hashed out here, the idea was met with wide spread
>support, even fiven the advanced nature of the freeze. I take that
>support to mean that this is something that would be a good idea to do
>for 4.0.
>
>Comments?
>
>Warner
>
>Index: fdisk.8
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/imp/FreeBSD/CVS/src/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8,v
>retrieving revision 1.16
>diff -u -r1.16 fdisk.8
>--- fdisk.8 1999/08/28 00:13:01 1.16
>+++ fdisk.8 2000/03/02 20:29:12
>@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
> .Nd PC partition table maintenance program
> .Sh SYNOPSIS
> .Nm fdisk
>-.Op Fl Baeitu
>+.Op Fl BIaitu
> .Op Fl b Ar bootcode
> .Op Fl 1234
> .Op Ar disk
>@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
> if
> .Fl f
> is given.
>-.It Fl e
>+.It Fl I
> Initialize the contents of sector 0 with one FreeBSD slice covering the entire disk.
> .It Fl f Ar configfile
> Set partition values using the file
>Index: fdisk.c
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/imp/FreeBSD/CVS/src/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.c,v
>retrieving revision 1.34
>diff -u -r1.34 fdisk.c
>--- fdisk.c 2000/02/11 11:25:23 1.34
>+++ fdisk.c 2000/03/02 20:31:56
>@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
> static int B_flag = 0; /* replace boot code */
> static int a_flag = 0; /* set active partition */
> static char *b_flag = NULL; /* path to boot code */
>-static int e_flag = 0; /* use entire disk for FreeBSD */
>+static int I_flag = 0; /* use entire disk for FreeBSD */
> static int i_flag = 0; /* replace partition data */
> static int u_flag = 0; /* update partition data */
> static int t_flag = 0; /* test only, if f_flag is given */
>@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
> {
> int c, i;
>
>- while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "Bab:ef:ituv1234")) != -1)
>+ while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "BIab:f:ituv1234")) != -1)
> switch (c) {
> case 'B':
> B_flag = 1;
>@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@
> case 'b':
> b_flag = optarg;
> break;
>- case 'e':
>- e_flag = 1;
>+ case 'I':
>+ I_flag = 1;
> break;
> case 'f':
> f_flag = optarg;
>@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
>
> printf("******* Working on device %s *******\n",disk);
>
>- if (e_flag)
>+ if (I_flag)
> {
> struct dos_partition *partp;
>
>@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
> if ( !(st.st_mode & S_IFCHR) )
> warnx("device %s is not character special", disk);
> if ((fd = open(disk,
>- a_flag || e_flag || B_flag || u_flag ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
>+ a_flag || I_flag || B_flag || u_flag ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
> if(errno == ENXIO)
> return -2;
> warnx("can't open device %s", disk);
>
--
Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member
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