On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 11:51:38PM +0100, Sean Warner wrote: > I am also having this bug reported in 2017: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879555 > > $ parted -v > parted (GNU parted) 3.6 > Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+ > Written by > <http://git.debian.org/?p=parted/parted.git;a=blob_plain;f=AUTHORS>. > > $ cat /etc/lsb-release > DISTRIB_ID="ManjaroLinux" > DISTRIB_RELEASE="24.0.2" > DISTRIB_CODENAME="Wynsdey" > > -- If increasing the size of a partition the following command works > but if shrinking a partition it gives a warning "Warning: Shrinking a > partition can cause data loss, are you sure you want to continue?" and > the command just exits back to the command prompt and no changes are > made to the partition. > > sudo parted -s /dev/loop0 resizepart 1 46280703s > > I assumed that parted -s would automatically supply a default value of > 'Yes' in this instance?
No, in script mode parted defaults to the safe option. Automatically saying yes will lead to data loss so it defaults to know. I admit the message is misleading, this is because of how parted handles warnings like this and it could use some improvement. I don't really have any suggestion for working around this other than doing it in interactive mode. > input-tty <-- But is this safe to keep using if not documented? Any > plans to make ---pretend-input-tty an official "thing" in Parted? No, it's there for the tests. But there's no plan to remove it since the tests depend on it. But I really don't recommend automating things that could lose data. Brian -- Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
