Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:15:19 -0500 From: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> To: "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net> Cc: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: makefs Sparse Files: NetBSD CLI Compatibility Message-ID: <520BD747.3080208@vangyzen.net> In-Reply-To: <20130814190505.0714558097@chaos.jnpr.net> References: <520B81D1.1010500@vangyzen.net> <20130814190505.0714558097@chaos.jnpr.net>
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On 08/14/2013 14:05, Simon J. Gerraty wrote: > On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:10:41 -0500, Eric van Gyzen writes: >> NetBSD's makefs has a -Z flag to create the image as a sparse file. In >> FreeBSD, the flag is spelled -p. Is there a reason for using a >> different flag? > No, the -p should have been dropped before we committed to FreeBSD. > But it is there, and Glen expressed a desire to leave it working. > > I expect you could drop -p from the man page and usage message. > Ie. just document -Z, but leave -p active, and no harm should > result. Thank you, Simon. Later in this thread, I included a patch for 9.x to do essentially that, and a patch for head to use only -Z and remove -p entirely (since it was never in a release). I think I'm just waiting for someone to commit them, since I don't have a commit bit. Cheers, Eric
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