Gotcha. Refusing to act makes sense. However, exiting without any error seems like a valid bug to me.
** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New ** Summary changed: - partprobe silently fails where blockdev --rereadpt succeeds + If partprobe does not find a partition table, it refuses to act but does not report an error -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1104797 Title: If partprobe does not find a partition table, it refuses to act but does not report an error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/1104797/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs