[parted-devel] Deleting loop partition clears XFS signatures

[Mike Fleetwood]

On 21 February 2015 at 21:36, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/21/2015 05:03 AM, Mike Fleetwood wrote:
>> reasoned that making deletion of virtual partition on a loop table
>> should be made a no-operation.  But as I said above it doesn't
>> actually
>
> Are you saying then that you think that after deleting the partition,
> then refreshing, it is perfectly OK for the partition to pop back up
> even though you asked for it to be deleted?

Yes I am saying exactly that.  The deletion of the virtual partition
representing the whole disk on a loop table should do nothing and
afterwards the virtual partition should still exist.

I tried using parted 3.2 to delete the virtual partition on a loop
table.  Parted report it gone.  Close parted and run again.  It's back.
There is no persistence on disk for removal of the virtual partition
spanning a loop table disk.  This is why I think it deleting it should
be a no-operation.

Mike