[parted-devel] Need for a unique Linux GPT GUID type code (PATCH included)

[Keshav P R]

Hi,
    Status of Rod's patch?

I suggest a similar "linuxdata" flag to set a partitoon as Linux Data
type irrespective of the unserlyting FS. I also recommend changing
"boot" flag in parted for GPT disk to
something more meaningful like "uefisys". Many devs (of distro
installers) are confused as to how to set a partition as EFI SYSTEM
type in GPT disks and they do not know that "boot" in GPT disks sets a
partition as UEFISYS unlike the same flag in MBR disks.

This also lead me to think that there is no way to distinguish between
setting a GPT partition type and a GPT partition attribute when a flag
is set on a partition. While internally libparted does this correstly,
externally (to the user) parted does not seem to distinguish between a
gpt partition type and a gpt partition attribute.

Regards.

Keshav