This change is need in parted to be able to use paths with parted. In gnu.c right now it is using store_typed_open which needs a name like foo:bar. This changed allows you use such things as /dev/hd2 for example.
I don't remeber the details, and can't check them right now. But I think you could access stores directly via parted. Something like this (I don't recall the exact syntax): parted device:hd0s1 or parted gunzip:device:fd0 Which is why that check was there in the first place, I think. You can do this with ext2fs for example, settrans -ac /foo /hurd/ext2fs device:hd0s1 Cheers. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
