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bug in parted

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mikhail Kagalenko <michael.kagalenko <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug in parted
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:53:33 +0300

~% parted /dev/sda unit co print unit s print
Backtrace has 14 calls on stack:
  14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x45) [0x7efee1995fc5]
  13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x23b3f) [0x7efee19acb3f]
  12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x119fa) [0x7efee199a9fa]
  11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_add_partition+0x283)
[0x7efee199b313]
  10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x233ec) [0x7efee19ac3ec]
  9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x23480) [0x7efee19ac480]
  8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x23426) [0x7efee19ac426]
  7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x24455) [0x7efee19ad455]
  6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_new+0x48) [0x7efee199af18]
  5: parted(+0x73fe) [0x55e1c22293fe]
  4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x92) [0x55e1c222f1c2]
  3: parted(main+0x12bf) [0x55e1c222807f]
  2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf1) [0x7efee11932e1]
  1: parted(_start+0x2a) [0x55e1c222824a]


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.

Message #10 received at 35378-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Phillip Susi <phill <at> thesusis.net>
To: Mikhail Kagalenko <michael.kagalenko <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35378-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35378: bug in parted
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:51:15 -0400

Mikhail Kagalenko writes:
> Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2313 in
> function add_logical_part_metadata() failed.

This happens because parted requires a space between logical partitions
to put the EBR.  Some other unknown parittioning tool under unknown
circumstances violates this constraint.

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