[parted-devel] keeping partitions in disk order

[leslie.polzer at gmx.net]

On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 11:56:39AM -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote:

> Looking at the parted code, this function is currently only called
> at the end of ped_disk_remove_partition(), so it stands to reason
> that it's designed to "fill in holes" in the numbering scheme when a
> partition is removed. Will this function also work as-is to rearrange
> the partition numbers so that they match physical disk order?
> From what I can understand of ped_disk_enumerate_partitions() and
> _partition_enumerate(), it does not seem so. Please correct me if I'm
> wrong :P
I understand this stuff is important for installer programs.

  I'd suggest adding a new function to the PedDisk API (and corresponding
label implementations): ped_disk_enumerate_partitions_from_scratch() or
something like that.

  Leslie

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