Bug#326658: partman shrinks extended partition, breaks DOS compatibility
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 11:34:18PM +0200, Lars Helgeland wrote:
> > Can you please test one of the daily-sid-builds, which use parted 1.6.24 and
> > confirm that this problem is still there, or did go away ?
>
> I just tried with
> http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/20050905/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
> and the problem is still there.
Ok, ...
> > Also, can you go to console 2 and check if using the parted tool directly
> > causes the same problem, or if it is a partman-only bug ?
>
> Actually, parted itself never calls libparted's
> ped_disk_minimize_extended_partition() function, so I don't think
> that would prove anything. I think partman should be careful calling
> this function until it allows callers to supply their own constraint.
> And I think the call in command_partitions() is a bug, regardless.
Just wanted to know if this is a partman-only bug or a parted one. but this is
not conclusive, it may still be a libparted bug to allow
ped_disk_minimize_extended_partition to break the partition table.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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