On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 03:25:20AM +0100, David Härdeman wrote: > >So "clearing" the flag will only clear it in the internal mac_data > >structure, it won't cause the system name of the partition to be reset? Or > >is this handled by mac_partition_set_system?
> Yes, the system name will not be reset. clearing the flag implies > nothing else than that it doesn't apply, it doesn't say what type the > partition is after the flag is removed. Which means, AIUI, that clearing the flag is not sufficient to clear the flag on disk, so if a user clears the flag, saves changes, closes parted (or similar), and restarts parted, the flag will show up again, correct? That seems suboptimal to me. > If we would set a default, then a partition of type foobar (without the > lvm flag set) would get its system type changed if you executed "set > <partnr> lvm off" in parted. Yes, I understand that's a deficiency of how raid flag support is implemented on mac partition tables. > Also, I believe this is the same approach that has been taken in the > later versions of the upstream package (see the source package in > experimental). Ah well, it's a minor point anyway, compared with the bits that are wholly breaking partman, so I won't insist on it (at least, not here and now). Maintainers, please advise whether you're planning a maintainer upload of parted to fix this for etch, otherwise I'll probably NMU this weekend. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
