[Parted-maintainers] Bug#298020: Suggested reopen: "298020: parted: hfs(+) support is still poorly documented"

[Sven Luther]

On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 01:59:22AM -0400, A Costa wrote:
> Package: parted
> Version: 1.6.24-1
> Followup-For: Bug #298020
> 
> 
> The docs may have been improved with regards to 'hfs', but
> contradictions exist.
> 
> It says in 'README.Debian', (other file systems omitted):
> 
>     Filesystem      |        Supported Operations
>                     |detect |create |resize | copy  | check
>     ----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------
>     hfs             | *     |       |       |       |
> 
> Whereas '/usr/share/info/parted.info.gz' from 'parted-doc' 
> says, (other file systems omitted):
> 
>     6.1 File Systems Supported by GNU Parted
>     ========================================
>     
>     Filesystem   detect   create   resize   copy   check
>     hfs          *        *        *
> 
> 
> Another problem, 'changelog.Debian' says the manpage was improved:
> 
>     78-parted (1.6.21-1) unstable; urgency=low
>     87:    - Added mention of HFS and HFS+ resize feature in manpage. (Bug: #275650)
> 
> Where?  The manpage doesn't contain the string 'hfs':
> 
>     % zgrep --ignore-case HFS /usr/share/man/man8/parted.8.gz; echo $?
>     1
> 
> Maybe some patches were misplaced?

Probably, maybe you can resend them ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther