Re: Need for a unique Linux GPT GUID type code (PATCH included)

[Rod Smith]

On 06/27/2011 04:41 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Thanks for the improved patch.
> If you include the following, the result will then pass "make check":
...
> Your change is large enough that in order for us to be able
> to use it, we'll need a copyright assignment.
> See the "Copyright assignment" section of the HACKING file
> for details.  Can you do that?
>
> If so, would you please also update the documentation
> (doc/parted.texi) to reflect this change?
>
> It'd be even better if you would also add a brief description in NEWS
> and a test suite addition or two to exercise it.
>
> If you post more patches to the list, please follow the procedure
> outlined in HACKING so that text something like your prose above ends
> up being included the commit log. (i.e., you'd generate your patch file
> with a command like "git format-patch --stdout -1>  DIFF").

I've made your suggested changes, except for the test suite -- I don't 
know enough about your test suites to even begin that task. I've also 
fired off the e-mail to the FSF for the copyright assignment forms, but 
I'll have to wait for postal mail for that process to complete. In the 
meantime, here's my latest patch, which consists of the changes to the 
three files I submitted earlier, plus changes to NEWS, parted.texi, and 
the change to t0220-gpt-msftres.sh that you suggested.

FWIW, I've also implemented support for this type code in my GPT fdisk 
programs, so all the Linux GPT partitioning tools will be nicely in sync 
on this issue as soon as these parted patches make it to a release version.

--
Rod Smith
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http://www.rodsbooks.com

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