From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>, Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@suse.cz>
Cc: util-linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] fdisk: mark dos compatibility/CHS options deprecated in manpage
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:10:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1339949428.2668.20.camel@offbook> (raw)
From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
---
fdisk/fdisk.8 | 11 ++++++-----
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/fdisk/fdisk.8
index 2b3c822..5233f0f 100644
--- a/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
.\" Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" Copyright 1998 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
+.\" Copyright 2012 Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
-.TH FDISK 8 "June 2010" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.TH FDISK 8 "June 2012" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
fdisk \- manipulate disk partition table
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -194,22 +195,22 @@ Specify the compatibility mode, 'dos' or 'nondos'. The default is non-DOS
mode. For backward compatibility, it is possible to use the option without
the <mode> argument -- then the default is used. Note that the optional
<mode> argument cannot be separated from the -c option by a space, the correct
-form is for example '-c=dos'.
+form is for example '-c=dos'. This option is DEPRECATED.
.TP
.BI "\-C " cyls
Specify the number of cylinders of the disk.
-I have no idea why anybody would want to do so.
+I have no idea why anybody would want to do so. This option is DEPRECATED.
.TP
.BI "\-H " heads
Specify the number of heads of the disk. (Not the physical number,
of course, but the number used for partition tables.)
-Reasonable values are 255 and 16.
+Reasonable values are 255 and 16. This option is DEPRECATED.
.TP
.BI "\-S " sects
Specify the number of sectors per track of the disk.
(Not the physical number, of course, but the number used for
partition tables.)
-A reasonable value is 63.
+A reasonable value is 63. This option is DEPRECATED.
.TP
.BI \-h
Print help and then exit.
--
1.7.4.1
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