[Clfs-dev] mac-fdisk in PPC64 multilib

[wwh04660 at ucmo.edu]

On Jul 16, 2008, at 6:44 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:12:09AM -0500, wwh04660 at ucmo.edu wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>   I first noticed parted being used in ppc64 multilib, and mac-fdisk
>> isn't.  Ken, do you have any input on this?
>
> It got replaced sometime in 2005, probably before Jim reset the
> changelogs.  At that time we didn't have a ppc64 book, the change
> was made in ppc.  I don't have strong feelings either way (used to use
> mac-fdisk, but parted works ok).  Probably, one reason for the
> change is that mac-fdisk isn't maintained and parted is.  Perhaps
> someone thought that parted would spread to other architectures in
> the book (e.g. it works fine on x86 as far as I can remember).

Ah ha!

      Probably good to leave it then as it is. If someone wants mac- 
fdisk all they have to do
is compile it.

Wiliam