On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 07:21:00PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 07:59:34AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > There are currently three RC bugs open related to the resizing of NTFS 3.1 > > partitions as created by Windows Vista. > > - #379628: ntfsresize - upstream bug, but disputed; I can reproduce it > > reliably though; needs confirmation by someone else > > - #380226: libparted - clear issue, recently further traced during BSP in > > Utrecht; needs attention from Debian maintainer and upstream > > - #379835: partman - no bug in partman itself, but the result of the two > > listed above (blocked by both) > > I have today uploaded a version of partman-partitioning that includes a > > check for NTFS 3.1 partitions and refuses to resize in that case; earlier > > NTFS partitions (NT, XP, 2000) should still be resizable. > > As partman is now "safe" I am downgrading #379835 to important. > > For #380226 I recommend tagging it 'etch-ignore'. > > The reason I think it's safe to do that is that it may only manifest > > itself in the installer. I'm unsure where else and how libparted is used > > though. > > I have tried resizing an NTFS 3.1 partition using parted, and that > > correctly left the starting partition unchanged, so parted is unaffected. > > IMO #379628 should not be ignored for Etch and it would be nice if someone > > else would try to either reproduce the bug or prove me wrong. There is > > plenty of information in the BR for that. Without a working ntfsresize, > > resizing NTFS 3.1 partitions is a no-op anyway. > I'm having a hard time distilling the information in these bug reports into > a summary of what each bug is actually about or what the current status is. Ok, I see that bug #380226 does have a reasonable title after reading the end of this bug log. I'm not sure there's any reason this bug would be specific to NTFS partitions, though, is there? Anyway, I stand by the statement that I don't think this would be appropriate to ignore for etch. Has anyone tried Bas's suggested workaround, to see if it does cause problems on older systems? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
