[arch-releng] Package wishes

[Dave Reisner]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 02:19:47PM +0200, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:09:11 +0530
> "KESHAV P.R." <skodabenz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 20:11, Karol Blazewicz
> > <karol.blazewicz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > - gptfdisk needs icu, another big package.
> > >
> > 
> > gptfdisk can be compiled without icu support, but this will disable
> > entering Unicode names in the partition table (and this is not
> > recomended by upstream).
> > 
> > [quote
> > http://gptfdisk.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=gptfdisk/gptfdisk;a=blob_plain;f=README;hb=HEAD]
> > The ICU library (http://site.icu-project.org), which provides support
> > for Unicode partition names, is recommended on all platforms except
> > Windows. This library is normally installed in Linux and OS X, but
> > you may need to install the development headers (libicu-dev or
> > something similar in Linux; or the libicu36-dev Fink package in OS
> > X). To compile without ICU support, you must modify the Makefile:
> > Remove the "-D USE_UTF16" part from the CXXFLAGS line and remove
> > references to -licuio, -licuuc, -licudata, and -licucore (details
> > vary between platforms) from the compilation options. Suitable lines
> > are present, but commented out, in the Makefile, Makefile.mac, and
> > Makefile.bsd files. [/quote]
> > 
> > parted does not offer finegrain control live gptfdisk does. If it did,
> > there would be no need to use util-linux fdisk for MBR disks and gdisk
> > for GPT disks.
> > 
> > Regards.
> > 
> > Keshav
> 
> I wonder when there will be a gpt program included in util-linux.
> I trust the kernel guys more than Gnu (Parted) or a 3rd party.
> And all other filesystem stuff done by AIF depends on Linux utilities anyway.
> 
> Dieter

a GPT library is planned for u-l 2.21, so this isn't too far away.

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