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#31106
Inaccuracy in GNU parted documentation online manual
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Reported by: Will Haley <willhy <at> gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 08:04:03 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Phil Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>
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#31106: Inaccuracy in GNU parted documentation online manual
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The msdos partition table does not support names; use gpt for that.
On 4/9/2018 12:03 AM, Will Haley wrote:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html says, regarding
> `mkpart`, that a name can be specified as an argument to `mkpart`.
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html#mkpart
>
> Command: *mkpart* *[part-type fs-type name] start end*
>
> That does not seem to be true with the latest build of parted. At least,
> not in the versions currently packaged for Ubuntu 16, Arch, or when
> compiling from the git master as of 2018/04/08
>
> The doc I referenced above states: "This document applies roughly to
> version *3.2* of GNU Parted."
>
> Unfortunately, the documented syntax does not appear to be valid.
> Considering that the documentation index states the docs were last updated
> in 2016, I'm assuming the syntax online is outdated.
> https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/
>
> This is what I see when compiling parted from the latest souce.
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/parted.git
>
> $ ./parted --version
> parted (GNU parted) 3.2.94-7188
>
> $ ./parted --help | grep -i mkpart
> mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition
>
> Indeed, trying to specify a name for `mkpart` results in an error.
>
> Please let me know if there is anything I can to do assist in updating this
> documentation.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -Will
>
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https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html says, regarding
`mkpart`, that a name can be specified as an argument to `mkpart`.
https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html#mkpart
Command: *mkpart* *[part-type fs-type name] start end*
That does not seem to be true with the latest build of parted. At least,
not in the versions currently packaged for Ubuntu 16, Arch, or when
compiling from the git master as of 2018/04/08
The doc I referenced above states: "This document applies roughly to
version *3.2* of GNU Parted."
Unfortunately, the documented syntax does not appear to be valid.
Considering that the documentation index states the docs were last updated
in 2016, I'm assuming the syntax online is outdated.
https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/
This is what I see when compiling parted from the latest souce.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/parted.git
$ ./parted --version
parted (GNU parted) 3.2.94-7188
$ ./parted --help | grep -i mkpart
mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition
Indeed, trying to specify a name for `mkpart` results in an error.
Please let me know if there is anything I can to do assist in updating this
documentation.
Thank you.
-Will
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