On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 04:15:41PM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote: > It looks like this was fixed upstream in commit 18e727d4 - libparted: > fix snap radius so that it is using half, which is a simple one line > change: > > diff --git a/libparted/unit.c b/libparted/unit.c > index dc4205b..c2921e3 100644 > - --- a/libparted/unit.c > +++ b/libparted/unit.c > @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ ped_unit_parse_custom (const char* str, const > PedDevice* dev, PedUnit unit, > } > > unit_size = ped_unit_get_size (dev, unit); > - - radius = ped_div_round_up (unit_size, dev->sector_size) - 1; > + radius = (ped_div_round_up (unit_size, dev->sector_size) / 2) - 1; > if (radius < 0) > radius = 0; > /* If the user specifies units in a power of 2, e.g., 4MiB, as in > >
And what are the chances of that patch making it into Debian any time soon? It sure wasted a lot of time wondering why it kept creating partions wrong. What a strange bug this was. Hopefully the installer can get updated to handle something newer than parted 2.3 for the next release after wheezy. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
