Subject: bug#76952: closed (Re: bug#76952: bug report)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:47:03 +0000

Your bug report

#76952: bug report

which was filed against the parted package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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Subject: Re: bug#76952: bug report
From: "Brian C. Lane" <[email-masked]>
To: Mbuc <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:45:59 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:45:46PM -0400, Mbuc wrote:
> [mbuc83@localhost ~]$ *parted /dev/mapper/rl-root*
> WARNING: You are not superuser.  Watch out for permissions.
> /dev/mapper/control: open failed: Permission denied
> Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
> Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.198-RHEL9 (2024-05-16) and kernel driver
> (unknown version).

Not really sure what you are trying to do here, you aren't root and you
shouldn't be running parted on the LV. Also it seems to think you used a
wildcard for the device path which also isn't something that's
supported.

> 
> *Unable to determine the dm type of /dev/mapper/rl-root.*

So, not really a bug. Run it as root, and use the correct device path.

Brian

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Subject: bug report
From: Mbuc <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:45:46 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

[mbuc83@localhost ~]$ *parted /dev/mapper/rl-root*
WARNING: You are not superuser.  Watch out for permissions.
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: Permission denied
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.198-RHEL9 (2024-05-16) and kernel driver 
(unknown version).

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 (3.5)
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.

*Unable to determine the dm type of /dev/mapper/rl-root.*