From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:19:24 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#19038 <19038@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#19038 <19038@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: confusing command completion Reply-To: bug#19038 <19038@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:19:24 +0000 retitle 19038 confusing command completion reassign 19038 parted submitter 19038 "Ulrich Windl" severity 19038 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Nov 13 05:32:46 2014 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Nov 2014 10:32:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59121 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xorhl-0003cR-LR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:32:45 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43828) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xorhj-0003cJ-Bo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:32:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XorhZ-0000uf-9U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:32:43 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:50441) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XorhZ-0000uX-6r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:32:33 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45474) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XorhR-0004xO-MG for bug-parted@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:32:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XorhJ-0000qr-Fo for bug-parted@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:32:25 -0500 Received: from rrzmta2.uni-regensburg.de ([194.94.155.52]:41444) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XorhJ-0000pK-9b for bug-parted@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:32:17 -0500 Received: from rrzmta2.uni-regensburg.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 1061B46D8B for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:32:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de (gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de [132.199.5.51]) by rrzmta2.uni-regensburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBDC347567 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:32:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from uni-regensburg-smtp1-MTA by gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:32:15 +0100 Message-Id: <546496BD020000A100017D59@gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 14.0.1 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:32:13 +0100 From: "Ulrich Windl" To: Subject: confusing command completion Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) When you type "mkpart p" in parted 3.2, "p" is completed to "print" = which makes no sense (expected was "primary") according to help: --- (parted) help mkpart = =20 mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition PART-TYPE is one of: primary, logical, extended FS-TYPE is one of: btrfs, nilfs2, ext4, ext3, ext2, fat32, fat16, = hfsx, hfs+, hfs, jfs, swsusp, linux-swap(v1), linux-swap(v0), ntfs, = reiserfs, hp-ufs, sun-ufs, xfs, apfs2, apfs1, asfs, amufs5, amufs4, amufs3, amufs2, amufs1, amufs0, amufs, affs7, affs6, affs5, affs4, affs3, = affs2, affs1, affs0, linux-swap, linux-swap(new), linux-swap(old) START and END are disk locations, such as 4GB or 10%. Negative = values count from the end of the disk. For example, -1s specifies = exactly the last sector. =20 'mkpart' makes a partition without creating a new file system on = the partition. FS-TYPE may be specified to set an appropriate = partition ID. --- Despite of that the help seems wrong for GPT anyway, because PART-TYPE is = used as the name (label) of the GPT partition entry. Please clean up!