bsdlabel: add deprecation notice

gpart is the preferred tool for managing partitions of all types,
including BSD disklabels.

Note that this is only about bsdlabel/disklabel, the tool -- there is no
current plan to remove support for MBR or BSD disk labels from the
kernel or from gpart.

Reviewed by:	imp, olce
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43563
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Ed Maste 2024-01-23 13:04:43 -05:00
parent baab6b1954
commit b6f3cced15

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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd October 5, 2016
.Dd March 25, 2024
.Dt BSDLABEL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -59,6 +59,22 @@
.Op Fl f
.Ar disk | Fl f Ar file
.Ar protofile
.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
.Nm
is deprecated and is not available in
.Fx 15.0
or later.
Use
.Xr gpart 8
instead
.Po
with the
.Cm BSD
partitioning scheme
.Pc ,
or install the
.Pa freebsd-bsdlabel
port or package.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm