parted creates linux-swap instead of hfs

[Scott Scriven]

Hello..

While working on a front end to parted, I noticed some odd behavior:

% parted /dev/hdb
GNU Parted 1.4.6
<snip>
(parted) p
Disk geometry for /dev/hdb: 0.000-12395.250 megabytes
Disk label type: mac
Minor    Start       End     Filesystem  Name                  Flags
1          0.000      0.031              Apple                 
(parted) mkpart primary hfs 0.1 16
(parted) p
Disk geometry for /dev/hdb: 0.000-12395.250 megabytes
Disk label type: mac
Minor    Start       End     Filesystem  Name                  Flags
1          0.000      0.031              Apple                 
2          0.031     16.000  linux-swap  untitled              
(parted) 

Why did it create a "linux-swap" instead of "hfs"?


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