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From: James Ring <sjr <at> jdns.org> To: 21522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#21522: assertion metadata_length > 0 in add_logical_part_metadata failed Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:33:40 -0700
More info: sjr <at> sjr-desktop:~$ sudo parted -v parted (GNU parted) 3.2 sjr <at> sjr-desktop:~$ dpkg -l parted Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==========================================-==========================-==========================-========================================================================================== ii parted 3.2-7ubuntu1 amd64 disk partition manipulator Please let me know if I should file this against ubuntu instead. On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 9:26 PM, James Ring <sjr <at> jdns.org> wrote: > Hi there, > > (please cc me on replies) > > I ran into an assertion error in parted running on my Kubuntu box: > > sjr <at> sjr-desktop:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print > > Backtrace has 14 calls on stack: > > 14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x44) [0x7feda0f8c2e4] > > 13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1e876) [0x7feda0f9f876] > > 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0xfd4a) [0x7feda0f90d4a] > > 11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_add_partition+0x263) > [0x7feda0f91643] > > 10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1e155) [0x7feda0f9f155] > > 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1e1f0) [0x7feda0f9f1f0] > > 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1e18f) [0x7feda0f9f18f] > > 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1f2a5) [0x7feda0fa02a5] > > 6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_new+0x48) [0x7feda0f91268] > > 5: parted() [0x407769] > > 4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x92) [0x40cb22] > > 3: parted(main+0x10a8) [0x405e78] > > 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7feda0768a40] > > 1: parted(_start+0x29) [0x405fc9] > > > > You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do: > > > Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data. > > Help us to fix this bug by doing the following: > > > Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking > > the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at: > > > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ > > > Please check this version prior to bug reporting. > > > If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check, > > please visit the GNU Parted website: > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/parted > > > for further information. > > > Your report should contain the version of this release (3.2) > > along with the error message below, the output of > > > parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print > > > and the following history of commands you entered. > > Also include any additional information about your setup you > > consider important. > > > Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at > ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2313 in function > add_logical_part_metadata() failed. > > > Output of parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print is the same. > > fdisk /dev/sdb: > Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 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 > > Disklabel type: dos > > Disk identifier: 0x25978550 > > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > > /dev/sdb1 * 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT > > /dev/sdb2 206848 1022138367 1021931520 487.3G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT > > /dev/sdb3 1022138368 1025413119 3274752 1.6G 83 Linux > > /dev/sdb4 1431537662 1953523711 521986050 248.9G 5 Extended > > /dev/sdb5 1431537664 1930088447 498550784 237.7G 83 Linux > > /dev/sdb6 1930088448 1953523711 23435264 11.2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris > > sjr <at> sjr-desktop:~$ uname -a > > Linux sjr-desktop 4.2.0-10-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 15 19:43:01 > UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > sjr <at> sjr-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a > > LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-amd64:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-amd64:security-4.1-noarch > > Distributor ID: Ubuntu > > Description: Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch) > > Release: 15.10 > > Codename: wily > > Please let me know if I can be of any more help. > > Regards, > James
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