[parted-devel] Interface to set partition type

[Robert Millan]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Håkon Løvdal wrote:
> 
> > 2009/11/9 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com>:
> >> On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:17:58AM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> >>> It seems like it'd be useful to be able to extract existing types,
> >>> too, so how about making the string argument optional.
> >>> Then, this would print the type of the first partition:
> >>>
> >>>     $ parted /dev/sda part-type 1

Hi,

Internally, Parted uses the "type" name to refer to another sort of
partition type (enum { primary, extended, etc}) whose semantics are
incompatible with the intended command.

This is reflected in definitions such as command_line_get_part_type()
or PedPartitionType.

Should my patch replace this interface altogether?  Should one of them
be renamed instead?  If so, which one?

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