On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:00:41 -0400 Phillip Susi <ps...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 04/11/2016 02:13 PM, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:52:32AM -0600, Curtis Gedak wrote: > >> If I recall correctly, libparted was not able to handle when > >> there was only one unallocated sector between logical partitions > >> (it expects at least two). > > I believe that is exactly it Curtis. > > > well, that's really not a reason to crash like that! ;) > > For the last 3 decades, it has not been a problem since every disk > partitioner has worked this way. I have sen a few bug reports about > this recently though, and the others have reported using something > called Easeus disk partitioning software. Have you used this? It > would be good to confirm this is the source of the problem and I'll > see if I can't fix parted to handle it.
Phillip, did you have a chance to look at making parted not crashing if there is only one unallocated sector between partitions? Mattia, do you still consider this bug RC? thanks!