Re: Bug#770211: LUKS partition types, redux

[Drake Wilson <drake@dasyatidae.net>]

Phillip Susi wrote:
[originally re Dale's question]
> Linux doesn't pay any attention to partition type codes anyhow and
> just uses blkid to identify the contents.

So---entirely aside from the _other_ subthread about types _inside_ LUKS---do
you still intend to provide this as a reason for not adding GPT/MBR LUKS
types to fdisk, even in light of the destructive interaction I mentioned in
my first post?  I'm worried that my having said anything else while replying
to Dale may have been a mistake and given the impression that "no types inside
LUKS" answers my original concern, which it doesn't.

As I mentioned, GPT and MBR have significant interop characteristics with
other tools, so I'm not convinced by the "Linux only uses blkid" there.  If
that's what you're truly going with after having seen the practical results,
I won't argue further, but I'd like to know.

   ---> Drake Wilson