From owner-cvs-all Fri Sep 11 15:06:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA17978 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 15:06:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA17958; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 15:06:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id HAA05144; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 07:36:01 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id HAA25691; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 07:36:00 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980912073600.F611@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 07:36:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs newfs.8 newfs.c References: <199809110626.XAA09717@freefall.freebsd.org> <199809111857.LAA00948@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809111857.LAA00948@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Sep 11, 1998 at 11:57:51AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Friday, 11 September 1998 at 11:57:51 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> grog 1998/09/10 23:26:09 PDT >> >> Modified files: >> sbin/newfs newfs.8 newfs.c >> Log: >> Reviewed by: bde,jkh >> >> Add -v flag to newfs: >> >> -v Specify that the partition does not contain any slices, and that >> newfs should treat the whole partition as the file system. This >> option is useful for synthetic disks such as ccd and vinum. > > A partition can't contain slices. A slice may contain partitions. > > What does this actually do? bde got there first :-) See my next commit: -v Specify that the slice does not contain any partitions, and that newfs should treat the whole slice as the file system. This option is useful for synthetic disks such as ccd and vinum. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key