Joel Granados Moreno wrote:
> * doc/parted.texi : Make sure that part-type is portrayed as an
> optional argument. Mention the "special behaviors" that mkpart has
> with specific disk label types.
> ---
> doc/parted.texi | 7 ++++---
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/parted.texi b/doc/parted.texi
> index 936a1f6..8b88453 100644
> --- a/doc/parted.texi
> +++ b/doc/parted.texi
> @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ Make a @var{fat32} file system on partition 2.
> @cindex mkpart, command description
> @cindex command description, mkpart
>
> -...@deffn Command mkpart @var{part-type} [...@var{fs-type}] @var{start}
> @var{end}
> +...@deffn Command mkpart [...@var{part-type} @var{fs-type} @var{name}]
> @var{start} @var{end}
>
> Creates a new partition, @emph{without} creating a new file system on
> that partition. This is useful for creating partitions for file systems
> @@ -684,8 +684,9 @@ partitions (i.e., non-extended partitions). @var{start}
> and @var{end}
> are the offset from the beginning of the disk, that is, the ``distance''
> from the start of the disk.
>
> -...@var{part-type} is one of: primary, extended, logical. Extended and
> -logical are only used for msdos and dvh disk labels.
> +...@var{part-type} is one of: primary, extended, logical. These must only be
> +used with msdos and dvh disk labels. @var{name} must be used with gpt disk
> +labels. @var{part-type} and @var{name} must not be used with sun disk labels.
>
> @var{fs-type} must be on of these supported file systems:
> @itemize @bullet
Thanks.
I'm folding in this change:
diff --git a/doc/parted.texi b/doc/parted.texi
index 8b88453..fdb9af3 100644
--- a/doc/parted.texi
+++ b/doc/parted.texi
@@ -684,11 +684,13 @@ partitions (i.e., non-extended partitions). @var{start}
and @var{end}
are the offset from the beginning of the disk, that is, the ``distance''
from the start of the disk.
-...@var{part-type} is one of: primary, extended, logical. These must only be
-used with msdos and dvh disk labels. @var{name} must be used with gpt disk
-labels. @var{part-type} and @var{name} must not be used with sun disk labels.
+...@var{part-type} is one of @samp{primary}, @samp{extended} or @samp{logical},
+and may be specified only with @samp{msdos} or @samp{dvh} partition tables.
+A @var{name} must be specified for a @samp{gpt} partition table.
+Neither @var{part-type} nor @var{name} may be used with a @samp{sun}
+partition table.
-...@var{fs-type} must be on of these supported file systems:
+...@var{fs-type} must be one of these supported file systems:
@itemize @bullet
@item ext2
@item fat16, fat32
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