Bug 446648 – Obsolete info in fdisk(8) man page

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Bug 446648 - Obsolete info in fdisk(8) man page

Summary:	Obsolete info in fdisk(8) man page

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	util-linux (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.1
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Karel Zak
QA Contact:	Ben Levenson
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Reported:	2008-05-15 10:57 EDT by Steve Bonneville
Modified:	2009-01-20 15:45 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2009-01-20 15:45:27 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2009:0070	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	util-linux bug-fix update	2009-01-20 11:04:08 EST

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Description Steve Bonneville 2008-05-15 10:57:13 EDT

Paragraphs 6-7 of the fdisk(8) man page currently reads:

       The device is usually one of the following:
              /dev/hda
              /dev/hdb
              /dev/sda
              /dev/sdb
       (/dev/hd[a-h]  for IDE disks, /dev/sd[a-p] for SCSI disks, /dev/ed[a-d]
       for ESDI disks, /dev/xd[ab] for XT disks).  A device name refers to the
       entire disk.

       The  partition  is  a  device name followed by a partition number.  For
       example, /dev/hda1 is the first partition on the first IDE hard disk in
       the  system.   IDE disks can have up to 63 partitions, SCSI disks up to
       15.  See also /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt.

The last line assumes, of course, that the kernel source is unpacked on the
system; reasonable in 1998 but not today in RHEL.  The "See also" here should
probably point to /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-*/Documentation/devices.txt.

These paragraphs should also be looked at in the context of Fedora 8 (and
probably 9) where the page is identical and therefore obsolete due to /dev/hd*
being unified with /dev/sd* now.

(I'd also bring up the "BUGS" section which calls fdisk a "buggy program that
does fuzzy things, avoid it if you can", which was raised as a customer
complaint some years ago but which I can't find the bug number on any more.)

Reported by a GLS customer.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
h
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1 (RHEL 5.1)
[also util-linux-ng-2.13.1-2.fc8 (Fedora 8)]

Comment 1 RHEL Product and Program Management 2008-06-02 15:59:20 EDT

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 15:45:27 EST

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-0070.html

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