partprobe BUG

[Martin Raivio]

BUG: in the partprobe binary of parted
parted1.7.1 compiled on Slackware with kernel  2.6.13 gcc version 3.3.6
Also parted parted-1.6.25-8 on Fedora5.
On slackware I tried configure --enable-discover-only but then it would not
compile.

partprobe -sd /dev/hdb gives the result

Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/hdb1
-- Device or resource busy.  This means Linux won't know about any changes
you made to /dev/hdb1 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use
it in any way before rebooting. 
Warning: The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table on /dev/hdb
(Device or resource busy).  This means Linux won't know anything about the
modifications you made until you reboot.  You should reboot your computer
before doing anything with /dev/hdb.

To me this seems a lot like a bug since by definition
-d   means  Don't update the kernel.
and
 partprobe isn't supposed to be modifying the partion. The fdisk
information about /dev/hdb gives the information

/dev/hdb1   *           1        2065    16586608+  a5  FreeBSD
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.

IE /dev/hdb1 has FreeBSD and the partition (as set up by Windows98) was
perhaps not absolutely correctly set up.

parted /dev/hdb print unit s print unit chs print
gives 
Disk /dev/hdb: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
 1      32.3kB  17.0GB  17.0GB  primary                boot
 
 2      17.0GB  160GB   143GB   extended                    
 5      17.0GB  29.0GB  12.0GB  logical   ext3              
 6      29.0GB  41.0GB  12.0GB  logical   ext3              
 7      41.0GB  53.0GB  12.0GB  logical   ext3              
 8      53.0GB  65.0GB  12.0GB  logical                   
  
 9      65.0GB  67.0GB  2007MB  logical   linux-swap        
10      67.0GB  87.0GB  20.0GB  logical   ext3              
11      87.0GB  160GB   73.0GB  logical   ext3              

Disk /dev/hdb: 312581807s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start       End         Size        Type      File system  Flags
 1      63s         33173279s   33173217s  
 primary                boot 
 2      33173342s   312576704s  279403363s  extended                    
 5      33173343s   56613059s   23439717s   logical   ext3              
 6      56613123s   80067959s   23454837s   logical   ext3              
 7      80068023s   103522859s  23454837s   logical   ext3            
  
 8      103522923s  126977759s  23454837s   logical                     
 9      126977823s  130897619s  3919797s    logical   linux-swap        
10      130897683s  169983764s  39086082s   logical   ext3              
11      169983828s  312576704s  142592877s  logical   ext3              

Disk /dev/hdb: 19457,80,62
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 19457,255,63.  Each cylinder is 8225kB.
Partition Table:
 msdos

Number  Start        End           Type      File system  Flags
 1      0,1,0        2064,239,62   primary                boot 
 2      2064,240,62  19456,254,62  extended                    
 5      2064,241,0   3523,254,62   logical   ext3              
 6      3524,1,0     4983,254,62   logical  
 ext3              
 7      4984,1,0     6443,254,62   logical   ext3              
 8      6444,1,0     7903,254,62   logical                     
 9      7904,1,0     8147,254,62   logical   linux-swap        
10      8148,1,0     10580,254,62  logical   ext3              
11      10581,1,0    19456,254,62  logical  
 ext3              

Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.   

Thank you
Martin Raivio

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