Activity log for bug #192471

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-02-16 19:44:18 Stefano Rivera bug added bug
2008-02-16 19:49:39 Stefano Rivera description 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 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 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
2009-04-17 13:59:37 Stefano Rivera marked as duplicate 148743