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| author |   Timothy Redaelli <drizzt@gentoo.org> | 2007-02-22 10:42:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Timothy Redaelli <drizzt@gentoo.org> | 2007-02-22 10:42:10 +0000 |
| commit | 5f29f57164122d22c67f90af013f6acdf825c716 (patch) | |
| tree | 2021a92dd154fabb5fa8b38644aef8f681605000 /sys-fs/scan-ffs | |
| parent | * bump and closing bug #167368 (diff) | |
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Add long description
(Portage version: 2.1.2-r9)
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-fs/scan-ffs')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-fs/scan-ffs/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml | 14 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys-fs/scan-ffs/ChangeLog b/sys-fs/scan-ffs/ChangeLog index b72e7c6f5475..9675509ee241 100644 --- a/sys-fs/scan-ffs/ChangeLog +++ b/sys-fs/scan-ffs/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ # ChangeLog for sys-fs/scan-ffs # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2 -# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-fs/scan-ffs/ChangeLog,v 1.2 2007/02/22 10:35:36 drizzt Exp $ +# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-fs/scan-ffs/ChangeLog,v 1.3 2007/02/22 10:42:10 drizzt Exp $ + + 22 Feb 2007; Timothy Redaelli <drizzt@gentoo.org> metadata.xml: + Add long description 22 Feb 2007; Timothy Redaelli <drizzt@gentoo.org> scan-ffs-1.2.ebuild: Fix HOMEPAGE diff --git a/sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml b/sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml index ecedda4aa2cc..9c79e985dd9f 100644 --- a/sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml +++ b/sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml @@ -2,4 +2,18 @@ <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> <pkgmetadata> <herd>bsd</herd> +<longdescription> +scan_ffs(8) recovers accidential lost or deleted disklabels. + +This is the life-saver of typos. If you have ever been working too long, +and just happened to type 'disklabel -rw da0 floppy', instead of 'diskla- +bel -rw fd0 floppy', you know what I am talking about. + +This little program will take a raw disk device (which you might have to +create) that covers the whole disk, and finds all probable UFS/FFS parti- +tions on the disk. It has various options to make it go faster, and to +print out information to help in the reconstruction of the disklabel. + +Ported from OpenBSD to FreeBSD 4/5 with support for UFS1 and UFS2. +</longdescription> </pkgmetadata> |