Partprobe was not syncing loop labels. This resulted it failing to remove
existing partitions when switching to a loop label.
---
NEWS | 3 +++
partprobe/partprobe.c | 4 +---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 385a120..f99c6fe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ GNU parted NEWS -*-
outline -*-
** Bug Fixes
+ partprobe: when called on a disk that has become a loop label,
+ remove any partitions left over from a previous label.
+
libparted: The loop label represents an unpartitioned disk, but creates
a dummy partition to represent the whole disk. This dummy partition
was actually being loaded into the kernel. Don't do that.
diff --git a/partprobe/partprobe.c b/partprobe/partprobe.c
index 4da4fb7..8b744b5 100644
--- a/partprobe/partprobe.c
+++ b/partprobe/partprobe.c
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ process_dev (PedDevice* dev)
PedDisk* disk;
disk_type = ped_disk_probe (dev);
- if (disk_type && !strcmp (disk_type->name, "loop"))
- return 1;
- else if (!disk_type) {
+ if (!disk_type) {
/* Partition table not found, so create dummy,
empty one */
disk_type = ped_disk_type_get("msdos");
--
1.9.1
