Public bug reported:
Running partprobe on a disk with no disk label returns with an error in
Trusty. This is not the case in Precise or Saucy, nor is it the case
with parted 3.1 compiled from source. In my opinion, even if there is
no disk label or partition table present, partprobe has done its job and
should exit 0.
On a side note, this functionality breaks a script that I wrote, since
it will fail on any error, and I would prefer to keep it that way.
Precise:
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matt@matt-snia:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release: 12.04
matt@matt-snia:~$ apt-cache policy parted
parted:
Installed: 2.3-8ubuntu5.1
matt@matt-snia:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdf print
Error: /dev/sdf: unrecognised disk label
matt@matt-snia:~$ sudo partprobe /dev/sdf
matt@matt-snia:~$ echo $?
0
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Trusty:
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matt@matt-test:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
matt@matt-test:~$ apt-cache policy parted
parted:
Installed: 2.3-19ubuntu1
matt@matt-test:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
matt@matt-test:~$ sudo partprobe /dev/sdb
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
matt@matt-test:~$ echo $?
1
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Parted 3.1:
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matt@matt-test:~/parted-3.1/partprobe$ ./partprobe -v
partprobe (GNU parted) 3.1
matt@matt-test:~/parted-3.1/partprobe$ sudo ./partprobe /dev/sdb
matt@matt-test:~/parted-3.1/partprobe$ echo $?
0
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** Affects: parted (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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partprobe returns with error if no disk label is present
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