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From: frederik <at> ofb.net
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: parted: invalid pointer
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 23:55:13 -0800

I'm running Arch and get a "free(): invalid pointer":

    $ parted -v
    parted (GNU parted) 3.3
    Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

    Written by <http://git.debian.org/?p=parted/parted.git;a=blob_plain;f=AUTHORS>.

I just hit "enter" when it prompts me for the end of the partition:

    $ sudo parted /dev/sdc
    GNU Parted 3.3
    Using /dev/sdc
    Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
    (parted) p
    Model: RICOH R5U880FlashMedia (scsi)
    Disk /dev/sdc: 63.9GB
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
    Partition Table: msdos
    Disk Flags:

    Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
     1      4194kB  273MB   268MB   primary  fat32        lba
     2      273MB   15.9GB  15.7GB  primary  ext4

    (parted) resizepart 2
    End?  [15.9GB]?
    free(): invalid pointer
    zsh: abort      sudo parted /dev/sdc

Thanks.

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