Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-17 Thread Phillip Susi
On 2/17/2015 1:37 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Any futher clues on this at all? I have next to no knowledge about how > the Ubuntu installer code uses the d-i packages, which makes it > difficult for me to comment much more. I emailed a log with my attempt at analyzing it to Colin Watson the other

Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 01:10:02PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: >On 02/11/2015 11:47 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Quite, that's exactly how it's meant to work and it's what I've seen >> in my development and testing. Silly question - is ubiquity trying to >> run some of the d-i bits in parallel, or s

Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-11 Thread Phillip Susi
On 02/11/2015 11:47 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Quite, that's exactly how it's meant to work and it's what I've seen > in my development and testing. Silly question - is ubiquity trying to > run some of the d-i bits in parallel, or something? That's what I was wondering. I'm looking at /var/log/p

Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:39:00AM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: >On 2/11/2015 4:38 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> This suggests the problem is Ubuntu-specific, or there's an issue with >> other software. You allude to potential changes in libparted; how do >> the versions in Debian and Ubuntu compare

Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-11 Thread Phillip Susi
On 2/11/2015 4:38 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hmmm, and just testing with the latest Debian amd64 daily netinst all > works flawlessly here still, using the same empty disk in a KVM setup > as your bug reporter. Strange.. I'll have to poke around with that. > This suggests the problem is Ubuntu-s

Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 08:33:29AM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:30:32PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: >>Package: partman-efi >>Version: 59 >> >>partman-efi uses flawed logic that trips up when installing from usb. >>init.d/efi scans the system and

Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:30:32PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: >Package: partman-efi >Version: 59 > >partman-efi uses flawed logic that trips up when installing from usb. >init.d/efi scans the system and counts the number of efi system >partitions, and the number of non efi system partitions. If it

Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-10 Thread Phillip Susi
title 777647 partman-efi complains about boot problem whenever the target disk does not have an efi system partition thanks Sorry, I mentioned that it involved installing from a usb stick, but it also happens when installing from cdrom; using a usb stick has nothing to do with it. -- To UNSUBSC

Bug#777647: partman-efi always complains when installing from usb

2015-02-10 Thread Phillip Susi
Package: partman-efi Version: 59 partman-efi uses flawed logic that trips up when installing from usb. init.d/efi scans the system and counts the number of efi system partitions, and the number of non efi system partitions. If it does not find an EFI system partition, but does find at least one n