Bug#1111577: partman-partitioning: Missing information about default units (GB since trixie)
Hi,
Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote (Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:34:38 +0200):
> On 19/08/2025 at 23:16, Holger Wansing wrote:
> >
> > Patch attached.
>
> Note that other templates mention supported and/or default partition
> size units and should be updated too:
>
> partman-partitioning/new_size (resize existing partition)
> partman-partitioning/bad_new_size (invalid size)
> partman-partitioning/new_partition_size (create new partition)
An updated patch is attached.
Holger
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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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diff --git a/debian/partman-partitioning.templates b/debian/partman-partitioning.templates
index 298a3ae..8db39d8 100644
--- a/debian/partman-partitioning.templates
+++ b/debian/partman-partitioning.templates
@@ -29,33 +29,33 @@ _Description: Write previous changes to disk and continue?
Template: partman-partitioning/new_size
Type: string
Default: some number
# :sl2:
_Description: New partition size:
The minimum size for this partition is ${MINSIZE} (or ${PERCENT}) and its
maximum size is ${MAXSIZE}.
.
Hint: "max" can be used as a shortcut to specify the maximum size, or
enter a percentage (e.g. "20%") to use that percentage of the maximum size.
You can specify partition sizes in decimal units (like MB or GB) as well as
- in binary units (like GiB or TiB).
+ in binary units (like GiB or TiB). The default unit is Gigabytes (GB).
Template: partman-partitioning/bad_new_size
Type: error
# :sl2:
_Description: The size entered is invalid
The size you entered was not understood.
Please enter a positive integer size followed by an optional unit of measure
- (e.g. "200 GB"). The default unit of measure is the megabyte.
+ (e.g. "200 GB"). The default unit of measure is Gigabytes (GB).
Template: partman-partitioning/big_new_size
Type: error
# :sl2:
_Description: The size entered is too large
The size you entered is larger than the maximum size of the partition.
Please enter a smaller size to continue.
Template: partman-partitioning/small_new_size
Type: error
# :sl2:
_Description: The size entered is too small
@@ -71,25 +71,25 @@ _Description: Resize operation failure
The resize operation has been aborted.
Template: partman-partitioning/new_partition_size
Type: string
Default: some number
# :sl2:
_Description: New partition size:
The maximum size for this partition is ${MAXSIZE}.
.
Hint: "max" can be used as a shortcut to specify the maximum size, or
enter a percentage (e.g. "20%") to use that percentage of the maximum size.
You can specify partition sizes in decimal units (like MB or GB) as well as
- in binary units (like GiB or TiB).
+ in binary units (like GiB or TiB). The default unit is Gigabytes (GB).
Template: partman-partitioning/bad_new_partition_size
Type: error
# :sl2:
_Description: Invalid size
Template: partman-partitioning/new_partition_place
Type: select
# :sl1:
__Choices: Beginning, End
# :sl1:
_Description: Location for the new partition:
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