From 3814da0657651b293b7e3ef81ef581ca493e1f7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 09:56:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve check for identifying underlying block device

There's no point in trying to read the partition table
for e.g. /dev/loop if we get /dev/loop0.

Fixes #42 @ github
Closes: #771192
---
 grml-debootstrap | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap b/grml-debootstrap
index ca4172b..a3db195 100755
--- a/grml-debootstrap
+++ b/grml-debootstrap
@@ -995,10 +995,19 @@ mkfs() {
 
     # make sure /dev/disk/by-uuid/... is up2date, otherwise grub
     # will fail to detect the uuid in the chroot
-    if echo "$TARGET" | grep -q "/dev/md" ; then
+    if [ -n "$VIRTUAL" ] ; then
+      einfo "Virtual environment doesn't require blockdev --rereadpt, skipping therefore"
+    elif echo "$TARGET" | grep -q "/dev/md" ; then
       blockdev --rereadpt "${TARGET}"
-    elif ! [ -n "$VIRTUAL" ] ; then
-      blockdev --rereadpt "${TARGET%%[0-9]*}"
+    else
+      # if we deploy to /dev/sdX# then let's see if /dev/sdX exists
+      local main_device="${TARGET%%[0-9]*}"
+      # sanity check to not try to e.g. access /dev/loop if we get /dev/loop0
+      if [ -f "/sys/block/$(basename ${main_device})/$(basename ${TARGET})/dev" ] ; then
+        blockdev --rereadpt "$main_device"
+      else
+        einfo "No underlying block device for $TARGET identified, skipping blockdev --rereadpt."
+      fi
     fi
     # give the system 2 seconds, otherwise we might run into
     # race conditions :-/
-- 
2.1.4