Bug#668906: util-linux: fdisk fails on kfreebsd

[Christoph Egger <christoph@debian.org>]

Package: util-linux
Version: 2.20.1-4
Severity: important
User: debian-bsd@lists.debian.org

Hi!

  I can't create any partitions on this raid device (msdos partition
table) with fdisk. Creating a partition with parted finally succeeded

Regards

    Christoph

# fdisk /dev/twed0 
last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 20640
You will not be able to write the partition table.

Command (m for help): m
Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
   p   primary (2 primary, 0 extended, 2 free)
   e   extended
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 3): 
Using default value 3
First sector (101562368-1465185023, default 101562368): 
Using default value 101562368
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (101562368-1465185023, default 1465185023): +50G

Command (m for help): m

Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel

   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): w
fdisk: unable to write /dev/twed0: Bad file descriptor
root@elephant /etc/exim4 
15:23 1 # fdisk -l /dev/twed0
last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 20640

Disk /dev/twed0: 750.2 GB, 750174732288 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91203 cylinders, total 1465185024 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000a4204

      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/twed0p1            2048    97656831    48827392   a5  FreeBSD
/dev/twed0p2        97656832   101562367     1952768   82  Linux swap / Solaris



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i386)

Kernel: kFreeBSD 9.0-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.42
ii  dpkg                   1.16.2
ii  initscripts            2.88dsf-22.1
ii  install-info           4.13a.dfsg.1-9
ii  libblkid1              2.20.1-4
ii  libc0.1                2.13-27
ii  libncurses5            5.9-4
ii  libslang2              2.2.4-7
ii  libtinfo5              5.9-4
ii  libuuid1               2.20.1-4
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian0
ii  tzdata                 2012b-1
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.6.dfsg-2

util-linux recommends no packages.

Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
pn  dosfstools           <none>
pn  kbd | console-tools  <none>
pn  util-linux-locales   <none>

-- debconf information:
  util-linux/noauto-with-nonzero-passnum: