Comment 3 for bug 151266

Colin Watson writes ("[Bug 151266] Re: confirmation screen appears too late"):
> However, if you install onto a blank disk, then the partman/confirm
> question includes the text:
>
> WARNING: This will destroy all data on any partitions you have
> removed as well as on the partitions that are going to be formatted.

Yes, that was the earlier warning.

> I think the rest of this question is appropriate (it's asking you to
> confirm the automatic partitioning setup), but that the warning is not
> appropriate in the case of a blank disk or one that has just been wiped
> by partman-crypto. partman should omit this paragraph from
> partman/confirm in those cases.

I would suggest that if the user chooses automatic partitioning, they
probably don't want to be asked to confirm it later. Is this question
really necessary in this case ?

Ian.