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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Subject: Re: gpart and bsdlabel
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2014, Polytropon wrote:

> Even though gpart can work with MBR partitioning, its
> primary goal is to be _the_ tool for GPT partitioning,
> which is "today's standard".

More than that, gpart is meant to be a generic partitioning tool that 
works with all types of standards.