Re: libblockdev-part2

[Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>]

Jimmy Johnson - 31.08.17, 12:16:
> On 08/31/2017 11:15 AM, Diederik de Haas wrote:
> > On donderdag 31 augustus 2017 10:25:23 CEST Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> >> As you can probably see, I'm trying to figure what is stopping
> >> libblockdev-part2 from being upgraded..
> > 
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=873748
> > But it has been fixed now, so the updated binaries shouldn't take long to
> > arrive in the archives and thereby resolve the dependency issue.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Is it safe to assume that sgdisk will replace gdisk?  If so, will it be
> a drop-in replacement or more complicated?

sgdisk *is* in the gdisk package and is used for scripting purpose. Just view 
manpage of it.

I recommend to use either fdisk or cfdisk from util-linux meanwhile. They both 
are based on the same partitionining code meanwhile and support GPT. Or parted 
if you prefer that.

Just look at the output of "apt changelog gdisk" to see how dated the Debian 
package for gdisk is. The upstream webpage has a newer version, but it is not 
yet packaged in Debian archive.

So or so… this is off-topic here. So I suggest to ask partitioning related 
questions on debian-user instead.

Thanks,
-- 
Martin