Package: gnu-fdisk Version: 1.0-3+b1 Severity: normal gnu fdisk should emit a warning when an written partition table couldn't be refreshed by the kernel due to active partitions on the given device.
The warning of it's predecessor looks like this: --- Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot. Syncing disks. --- best regards, Michael -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gnu-fdisk depends on: ii libc6 2.7-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20080830-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libparted1.8-10 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s ii libuuid1 1.41.2-1 universally unique id library gnu-fdisk recommends no packages. gnu-fdisk suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]