GNU bug report logs - #35378
bug in parted

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Package: parted;

Reported by: Mikhail Kagalenko <michael.kagalenko <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Phillip Susi <phill <at> thesusis.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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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