From 215e19eb27991813acb363bdcff283b868da5619 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:32:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] id128: clarify that the "well-known" IDs are about GPT partition types At least for now they are all GPT partition types, and we should mention that. --- man/systemd-id128.xml | 8 +++++--- src/id128/id128.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/systemd-id128.xml b/man/systemd-id128.xml index 21cbf1604f0..5fc78a44fe5 100644 --- a/man/systemd-id128.xml +++ b/man/systemd-id128.xml @@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ systemd.exec5. - With show, well-known UUIDs are printed. When no arguments are specified, all - known UUIDs are shown. When arguments are specified, they must be the names or values of one or more - known UUIDs, which are then printed. + With show, well-known IDs are printed (for now, only GPT partition type UUIDs), + along with brief identifier strings. When no arguments are specified, all known IDs are shown. When + arguments are specified, they must be the identifiers or ID values of one or more known IDs, which are + then printed. Combine with to list the IDs in UUID style, i.e. the way GPT + partition type UUIDs are usually shown. diff --git a/src/id128/id128.c b/src/id128/id128.c index 89b944f8c03..484a72677d7 100644 --- a/src/id128/id128.c +++ b/src/id128/id128.c @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int help(void) { " machine-id Print the ID of current machine\n" " boot-id Print the ID of current boot\n" " invocation-id Print the ID of current invocation\n" - " show [NAME] Print one or more well-known IDs\n" + " show [NAME] Print one or more well-known GPT partition type IDs\n" " help Show this help\n" "\nOptions:\n" " -h --help Show this help\n"