`fdisk -l /dev/foobar' gives no error.

[Ralph Corderoy]

Binary package hint: util-linux

Ubuntu 7.10. Package util-linux 2.13-8ubuntu1.

`fdisk -l /dev/foobar' doesn't complain if foobar doesn't exist, nor does it set the exit status to non-zero.

    $ ls -l /dev/foobar
    ls: /dev/foobar: No such file or directory
    $ fdisk -l /dev/foobar
    $ echo $?
    0
    $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/foobar
    [sudo] password for ralph:
    $ echo $?
    0
    $

I'm aware of bug #73811, and believe that to be a valid bug, however this is a different case. It doesn't involve being root or not. It seems fdisk's -l command line processing is flawed in several ways and needs an overhaul.

[Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus)]

Setting to Confirmed because I've given an easy means to re-create it.