=== modified file 'zsh-functions/confz_fs_init'
--- zsh-functions/confz_fs_init	2018-09-17 17:05:56 +0000
+++ zsh-functions/confz_fs_init	2018-02-01 17:19:16 +0000
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 	case $fs_blkid_result in
 		(2);;
 		(0) while IFS='=' read key val; do
-				[[ $key == *' '* ]] && die "Malformed blkid output for \"export\" format."
 				fs_blkid_output[$key]=$val
 			done <<<$out;;
 		(*) die "blkid probe failed on device: ${(qqq)1}"
@@ -568,25 +567,24 @@
 	[[ -n $vars[mkfs_opts] ]] && do_command+=( "${(Q@)${(z)vars[mkfs_opts]}}"  )
 	do_command+=( ${vars[device]} )
 
-	local tries # blk_out DEVNAME LABEL UUID TYPE SEC_TYPE PARTLABEL PARTUUID
+	local tries blk_out DEVNAME LABEL UUID TYPE SEC_TYPE PARTLABEL PARTUUID
 
 	tries=10
 	while ((tries)); do
-		fs_blkid_probe $vars[device]
-		[[ $fs_blkid_result == 0 ]] && break;;
+		blk_out=$(blkid -o export ${vars[device]})
+		case $? in
+			(0) break;;
+			(2) ;;
+			(*) die "$0: error $? from blkid";;
+		esac
 		tries=$[$tries - 1]
 	done
 
 	fail_reason="no blkid signature found on $vars[device]"
-	# Check if anything was detected at all
-	(( $#fs_blkid_output )) || return 1
-
-	# Check if it is a filesystem
-	[[ -z ${fs_blkid_output[TYPE]:-} && -z ${fs_blkid_output[LABEL]:-} && -z ${fs_blkid_output[UUID]:-} ]] && return 1
-
-	# Check if it matches requirements
-	[[ ${fs_blkid_output[LABEL]:-} == ${vars[label]:-} && $fs_blkid_output[TYPE] == $vars[filesystem] ]] && return 0
-
+	[[ -z $blk_out ]] && return 1  # nothing found on the device
+	eval $blk_out
+	[[ $LABEL == ${vars[label]} && $TYPE == $vars[filesystem] ]] && return 0
+	[[ -z $TYPE && -z $LABEL && -z $UUID ]] && return 1
 	die "$0: filesystem already present on ${(qqq)vars[device]}!"
 }