Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gparted
If you use parted to Copy & Paste a partition, then it will have an identical UUID. While that may be the correct behaviour for pasting on a different disk, when the partition is on the *same* disk (e.g. you want to migrate /home to a separate partition without messing around with cpio/tar/cp) then it's almost certainly incorrect behaviour. In this day and age of mounting by UUID, having multiple partitions with the same UUID is disastrous and very confusing: * The output of "mount" is incorrect * You have no idea which one is being mounted * "umount" gets confused and refuses to let you unmount the correct partition You can recreate this easily using a flash drive. (This isn't a problem I have had personally, although I've recreated it; it was reported to me on IRC) Tested on gutsy/amd64: ii gparted 0.3.3-2ubuntu6.1 GNOME partition editor ii libparted1.7-1 1.7.1-5.1ubuntu8 The GNU Parted disk partitioning shared library ** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Copy & Pasted partition inherits an identical UUID https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs