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| -rw-r--r-- | disk-utils/partx.8 | 5 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/ts/partx/partx | 9 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/partx.8 b/disk-utils/partx.8 index 223f20918..d6ff52f08 100644 --- a/disk-utils/partx.8 +++ b/disk-utils/partx.8 @@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ Add the specified partitions, or read the disk and add all partitions. Print the SIZE column in bytes rather than in human-readable format. .TP .BR \-d , " \-\-delete" -Delete the specified partitions or all partitions. +Delete the specified partitions or all partitions. It is not error to +remove non-existing partitions, so this option is possible to use together with +large \fB\-\-nr\fR ranges without care about the current partitions set on +the device. .TP .BR \-g , " \-\-noheadings" Do not print a header line with \fB\-\-show\fR or \fB\-\-raw\fR. diff --git a/tests/ts/partx/partx b/tests/ts/partx/partx index b21dc44ef..84c286a94 100755 --- a/tests/ts/partx/partx +++ b/tests/ts/partx/partx @@ -137,9 +137,14 @@ udevadm settle ts_init_subtest "delete-non-existent" #attempt to remove it again { + # remove non-existing partitions (ENXIO) is not error + # + # see ab025087f91b66ee8e23a16bc49eb0d9bd421d65 and + # 53ae7d60cfeacd4e87bfe6fcc015b58b78ef4555 + # $TS_CMD_PARTX -d --nr $PARTS $TS_DEVICE && - echo "partx failed: removed non-existing partition" || - echo "partx: OK" + echo "partx: OK" || + echo "partx failed: removed non-existing partition" } >$TS_OUTPUT 2>&1 ts_finalize_subtest |