Ubuntu
gnome-disk-utility package

  1. Bug #1011257
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 1011257

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Stéphane Gourichon (stephane-gourichon-lpad) wrote :

Quantal shipped with "old" util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu2.

This bug is serious as it can render the system unbootable, see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1012081/comments/5
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1012081/comments/6

Human user does not expect to make its system unbootable just by following graphical tools and "disabling automatic mount option" for a data partitions (without changing any other settings).

Furthermore, this scenario is likely to happen to other users that are tech-savvy enough (e.g. about partitions) but new to Linux. Their Ubuntu no longer boots, maybe days after they changed that option. Such bad scenario will make some users extremely disappointed by Ubuntu.

Waiting for util-linux to be upgraded may not be an option. Disabling "x-gvfs-show" in gnome-disks seems IMHO safer.