From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:15918 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751798Ab3JIHxZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Oct 2013 03:53:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 09:53:05 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: butter@breezl.com Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org, Phillip Susi Subject: Re: losetup -d does not move partition devices Message-ID: <20131009075305.GG13559@x2.net.home> References: <5241BC33.8050700@breezl.com> <20131007113852.GF14360@x2.net.home> <525493CA.40207@breezl.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <525493CA.40207@breezl.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 01:22:50AM +0200, butter@breezl.com wrote: > Anyway, one last minor comment: > > Ubuntu 13.04 64bit does not yet support option -P for losetup. So > this must be an older version of util-linux. But then: how do I > determine the version of util-linux installed? The binaries have > no --version option and 'strings /sbin/losetup | egrep '[0-9]' does > not reveal anything useful either. Maybe there is a general version > for util-linux available in another binary? The man page does not > tell. I failed to identify the version number! The option --version for losetup is supported since v2.21. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com