[parted-devel] How to read partition table read-only with libparted?

[Arvin Schnell]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 11:21:35AM +0300, Konstantin Kharlamov wrote:

> So, any suggestions, how one can make `ped_disk_new()` open a device in read-only mode? Is that currently possible or does that require making changes to libparted?

At SUSE we have included a patch for that:

https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Factory/parted/libparted-open-the-device-RO-and-lazily-switch-to-RW.patch

Regards,
  Arvin

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