Re: I plan to remove fdisk from the next util-linux
On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 11:55:55AM +0100, Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 02:27:33AM -0800, Guy Maor wrote:
> > Ok, forget that idea.
>
> All the replies I've read so far said fdisk was a better program than
> cfdisk, they don't say nothing about the main advantage of cfdisk over
> fdisk, it's easy-to-use UI. If we are talking about the power of the
> engine, there's no doubt that sfdisk is the winner, but it has no UI.
> So it's OK for the old users, but it is hard to use for the newbies
> (same complains against fdisk, and AFAIK it's unmaintained).
>
> Instead of talking about the bugs in cfdisk, why not focus all that
Perhaps we can talk about the bugs in fdisk too; there are about
four listed bugs about fdisk among those on util-linux. Some of
them are RATHER annoying, and some of them look almost
important or grave.
Hamish
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