bug#79171: -s is ignored when using resizepart for shrinking a partition

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Thanks! I missed that somehow searching around. I'm glad there is a
workaround at least.

On Mon, Aug 4, 2025, 5:57=E2=80=AFPM Brian C. Lane <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 04:19:02PM -0400, Casey Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > When using resizepart with "-s" a warning prompt is still printed when
> > shrinking a partition. Then the command fails without actually promptin=
g
> > for Yes/No.
> >
> > Seen using parted version 3.6:
> > ```
> > $ sudo parted -s /dev/loop0 unit B resizepart 1 420478975
> > Warning: Shrinking a partition can cause data loss, are you sure you wa=
nt
> > to continue?
> > $ echo $?
> > 1
> > ```
>
> parted defaults to not doing things that could lose data, so shrinking
> is only supported in interactive mode. This comes up from time to time.
> eg.
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2024-06/msg00000.html
>
> Brian
>
> --
> Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks! I missed that somehow searching around. I&#39;m g=
lad there is a workaround at least.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 4, 2025, 5:57=E2=80=AFPM Bri=
an C. Lane &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"n=
oreferrer">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex">On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 04:19:02PM -0400, Casey Fitzpatrick wrote:<br=
>
&gt; When using resizepart with &quot;-s&quot; a warning prompt is still pr=
inted when<br>
&gt; shrinking a partition. Then the command fails without actually prompti=
ng<br>
&gt; for Yes/No.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Seen using parted version 3.6:<br>
&gt; ```<br>
&gt; $ sudo parted -s /dev/loop0 unit B resizepart 1 420478975<br>
&gt; Warning: Shrinking a partition can cause data loss, are you sure you w=
ant<br>
&gt; to continue?<br>
&gt; $ echo $?<br>
&gt; 1<br>
&gt; ```<br>
<br>
parted defaults to not doing things that could lose data, so shrinking<br>
is only supported in interactive mode. This comes up from time to time.<br>
eg.<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2024-06/msg00000.h=
tml" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lis=
ts.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2024-06/msg00000.html</a><br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - <a href=3D"http://weldr.io" rel=3D"noreferrer nor=
eferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">weldr.io</a> - lorax - parted - pykic=
kstart<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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