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[178.83.153.40]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s133sm23636594wmd.19.2016.11.12.01.55.10 for <bug-parted@HIDDEN> (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 12 Nov 2016 01:55:10 -0800 (PST) From: "Hans Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?W=FCrmli?=" <h.p.wuermli@HIDDEN> X-Google-Original-From: Hans Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?W=FCrmli?= <H.P.Wuermli@HIDDEN> Message-ID: <1478944509.3692.1.camel@HIDDEN> Subject: Parted fails after reordering of partitions with fdisk To: bug-parted@HIDDEN Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 10:55:09 +0100 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-Cul3YjPFVO65j6LPqlDv" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.1-2 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 13:02:05 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/debbugs-submit/> List-Post: <mailto:debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) --=-Cul3YjPFVO65j6LPqlDv Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit My system is Debian testing and kernel version "Linux version 4.7.0-1- amd64 (debian-kernel@HIDDEN) (gcc version 5.4.1 20160904 (Debian 5.4.1-2) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.7.8-1 (2016-10-19)". GNU Parted has version 3.2. I reordered partitions to their natural order using fdisk. After rebooting and using gparted (or parted) I get an error with message "Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2313 in function add_logical_part_metadata() failed". "partprobe /dev/sda" tells me that "A bug has been detected in GNU Parted...Please email a bug report to bug-parted@HIDDEN", which I am dutifully doing. Kind regards Hans Peter --=-Cul3YjPFVO65j6LPqlDv Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><head></head><body><div><br></div><div>My system is Debian testing and kernel version "Linux version 4.7.0-1-amd64 (<a href="mailto:debian-kernel@HIDDEN">debian-kernel@HIDDEN</a>) (gcc version 5.4.1 20160904 (Debian 5.4.1-2) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.7.8-1 (2016-10-19)". </div><div><br></div><div>GNU Parted has version 3.2.</div><div><br></div><div>I reordered partitions to their natural order using fdisk. After rebooting and using gparted (or parted) I get an error with message "Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2313 in function add_logical_part_metadata() failed".</div><div><br></div><div>"partprobe /dev/sda" tells me that "A bug has been detected in GNU Parted...Please email a bug report to <a href="mailto:bug-parted@HIDDEN">bug-parted@HIDDEN</a>", which I am dutifully doing.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Hans Peter</div></body></html> --=-Cul3YjPFVO65j6LPqlDv--
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