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-rw-r--r--libfdisk/src/context.c16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libfdisk/src/context.c b/libfdisk/src/context.c
index 770aa4d52..bc284f34e 100644
--- a/libfdisk/src/context.c
+++ b/libfdisk/src/context.c
@@ -619,14 +619,20 @@ static int fdisk_assign_fd(struct fdisk_context *cxt, int fd,
if (fdisk_read_firstsector(cxt) < 0)
goto fail;
+ /* warn about obsolete stuff on the device if we aren't in list-only */
+ if (!fdisk_is_listonly(cxt) && fdisk_check_collisions(cxt) < 0)
+ goto fail;
+
fdisk_probe_labels(cxt);
fdisk_apply_label_device_properties(cxt);
- /* warn about obsolete stuff on the device if we aren't in
- * list-only mode and there is not PT yet */
- if (!fdisk_is_listonly(cxt) && !fdisk_has_label(cxt)
- && fdisk_check_collisions(cxt) < 0)
- goto fail;
+ /* Don't report collision if there is already a valid partition table.
+ * The bootbits are wiped when we create a *new* partition table only. */
+ if (fdisk_is_ptcollision(cxt) && fdisk_has_label(cxt)) {
+ cxt->pt_collision = 0;
+ free(cxt->collision);
+ cxt->collision = NULL;
+ }
DBG(CXT, ul_debugobj(cxt, "initialized for %s [%s]",
fname, readonly ? "READ-ONLY" : "READ-WRITE"));