GNU bug report logs - #22482
parted 2.3 assigns wrong GUIDs to GPT partitions

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Package: parted;

Reported by: "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl <at> rz.uni-regensburg.de>

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:55:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Phil Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22482: parted 2.3 assigns wrong GUIDs to GPT partitions
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:51:13 -0800

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 01:54:04PM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote:
> (I discovered this old message being unsent for over a year; maybe it's still relevant; I didn't re-check)
> Hi!
> 
> When creating GPT partitions, wrong GUIDs are assigned to the partition type:
> ---
> > /usr/sbin/parted /tmp/gpt.img
> WARNING: You are not superuser.  Watch out for permissions.
> GNU Parted 2.3

2.3 is pretty old, the GUID was changed in v3.2 to use the linux data
GUID.

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