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jmbreuer
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 Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 11:08 am Post subject: /usr/bin/fdisk does not belong to any package?!? |
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As part of some (external) disk wrangling, I was using fdisk/sfdisk/gdisk/parted a lot.
The gdisk command was missing on a system upgraded from an older install, so I tried to see what package I would need.
- nothing.
Maybe it's a gpt USE flag of fdisk, or such?
- no such package.
OK where is my /usr/bin/fdisk coming from?
| Code: | | equery b /usr/bin/fdisk |
- no matching package.
My /usr/bin/fdisk is fairly recent (Sep 7, would match with last emerge @world etc).
How come it's (still) there, and works, but not owned by any package? 
(I've since found out that gdisk is part of sys-apps/gptfdisk, but that doesn't solve the mystery of the orphaned /usr/bin/fdisk) |
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pietinger
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 11:47 am Post subject: |
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I get:
| Code: | $ equery b fdisk
* Searching for fdisk ...
sys-apps/util-linux-2.39.4-r1 (/sbin/fdisk)
sys-apps/util-linux-2.39.4-r1 (/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/fdisk)
$ equery b gdisk
* Searching for gdisk ...
sys-apps/gptfdisk-1.0.9-r3 (/usr/sbin/gdisk) |
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Banana
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dmpogo
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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fdisk normally belongs to
sys-apps/util-linux |
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jmbreuer
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| Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all!
Hmmm, so sys-apps/util-linux does provide /sbin/fdisk (et al), and:
| Code: | $ ls -l /usr/bin/fdisk /sbin/fdisk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 166032 Aug 2 18:29 /sbin/fdisk*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 166032 Aug 2 18:29 /usr/bin/fdisk* |
(cmp also says they're the same).
... why is there another exact - and recent, I certainly didn't do any merge-usr shenanigans since August - copy of /sbin/fdisk in /usr/bin/fdisk...? Aah, because /sbin now is a symlink to /usr/bin! ...
Should util-linux really be installing there, then? |
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Hu
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| Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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If /sbin is a symlink to /usr/bin, then you are on a merged-usr profile. What is the output of eselect profile show ; namei -l /{,usr/}{,s}bin?
What do you think util-linux is doing wrong here? |
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