Removing "pointless" exception for exotic block devices causes probe to find CDs

[Colin Watson]

In parted 1.6.19:

+2004-11-21  Andrew Clausen <address@hidden>
+* libparted/linux.c (linux_new): get rid of pointless exception for
+  exotic block devices.

-       if (ioctl (arch_specific->fd, HDIO_GETGEO, &geometry)) {
-               ped_exception_throw (PED_EXCEPTION_ERROR,
-                                    PED_EXCEPTION_CANCEL,
-                                    _("Could not read geometry of %s - %s."),
-                                    dev->path, strerror (errno));
-               goto error;
-       }

This causes ped_device_probe_all() to find CD drives, which causes the
Debian installer's partition manager to offer CD drives for
partitioning, which of course is not terribly useful and makes the UI
very confusing. I suspect the same applies to other parted frontends.
Can this change be backed out?

Thanks,

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Colin Watson                                       address@hidden