So if the same procedure (with exactly the same files) reproduces reliably when using a partition and gpart --- and it does not reproduce at all, even with multiple attmepts, without gpart, then it is clearly a gpart bug.
** Package changed: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu) => gpart (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1857914 Title: resize2fs destroy the content of the partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpart/+bug/1857914/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs