strange interaction with partprobe and HAL 0.5.5.1

[John Galloway]

This is an old version, but was wondering if anyone has
run into this.  If I run partprobe against a device HAL
emits alternating device removed and device added events
for it.  i.e. the odd times (first, 3rd, ...) I get device
added and the even times (2nd, 4th, ..) I get a device
removed, for the same device.  once in a while I get
both.  i.e. this seems badly broken.  Does this ring any
bells with anyone?
   -jrg