partman/confirm should not include warning if there's no data left to lose
Bug #151266 reported by
Ian Jackson
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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partman-base (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: partman-crypto
I'm doing a test install of gutsy 20071009.1 i386 d-i. I selected use whole disk with LVM and encryption. This resulted in the machine spending quite some time apparently doing something to the whole disk.
Now, following passphrase entry, I'm presented with the prompt which warns me that various partitions are going to be formatted.
This is too late, because the partition table that was there before has been overwritten, and hence all of the previous filesystems destroyed. (I have checked this from VC2.)
I can't swear whether I got a warning earlier. If I did then this one is redundant. If I didn't then an earlier warning is essential.
Changed in partman-base (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
assignee: | nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
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I have double-checked this with a new install, and there _is_ a previous prompt.
The prompt about formatting filesystems probably ought to be skipped in all "use whole disk" cases. So perhaps this shouldn't really be reported against partman-crypto.