Re: [PATCH] libfdisk: (gpt) fix check for beginning of protective partition

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On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 09:44:33PM -0700, Michael Marineau wrote:
> Search for the protective partition before attempting to validate that
> it covers the GPT header. Some hybrid MBRs list partitions out of order.
> For example, CoreOS images ship with a hybrid MBR that lists the boot
> partition first and the protective partition second in order to maintain
> compatibility with old versions of Xen's PV-GRUB.

 IMHO is better to say "sorry, this is unsupported use-case", than
 really on bad thing like hybrid GPT.

 Anyway applied, with your patch the code seems more robust, thanks.

    Karel

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