Only trusted parted 1.8_

diff --git a/fdisk/fdisk-lib.pl b/fdisk/fdisk-lib.pl
index d43e18d..a60728b 100755 (executable)
--- a/fdisk/fdisk-lib.pl
+++ b/fdisk/fdisk-lib.pl
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ elsif ($config{'mode'} eq 'fdisk') {
        $has_parted = 0;
        }
 else {
-       $has_parted = !$config{'noparted'} && &has_command("parted");
+       $has_parted = !$config{'noparted'} && &has_command("parted") &&
+                     &get_parted_version() >= 1.8;
        }
 $| = 1;
 
@@ -1548,4 +1549,12 @@ else {
        }
 }
 
+# get_parted_version()
+# Returns the version number of parted that is installed
+sub get_parted_version
+{
+my $out = &backquote_command("parted -v 2>&1 </dev/null");
+return $out =~ /parted.*\s([0-9\.]+)/i ? $1 : undef;
+}
+
 1;