[Bug 708548] Re: kickstart not removing logical volume data

[Martin Pitt]

Is there really much point in fixing this in maverick now? It has lived
most of its live with this bug, and will go EOL in two months.

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Title:
  kickstart not removing logical volume data

Status in “kickseed” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “kickseed” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Committed
Status in “kickseed” source package in Maverick:
  Fix Committed
Status in “kickseed” source package in Natty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Stable release update justification:

  Impact: The 'clearpart --all --initlabel' Kickstart command fails to fulfil its contract of not asking interactively whether it's OK to discard previous partitions.
  Development branch: Fixed upstream in kickseed 0.56 by adding a couple of extra preseeding translations.
  Patch:
   http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/kickseed/lucid-proposed/revision/282?compare_revid=279
   http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/kickseed/maverick-proposed/revision/282?compare_revid=279
   http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/kickseed/natty-proposed/revision/284?compare_revid=281
  TEST CASE: Install a *scratch* system (very important; this test may well wipe out all other data on the system!) with LVM; then perform a Kickstart installation with 'clearpart --all --initlabel' in the Kickstart file.  (You can omit other directives if you like, and you'll just be prompted for them.)  You should not be asked the question from the original bug report.
  Regression potential: No upgrade regressions possible.  It would be good to confirm that existing functional Kickstart files still work.

  Original bug report:

  Binary package hint: debian-installer

  From my understanding "clearpart --all --initlabel" should clear all partitions no matter if they are containing LVMs or not.
  This is the case in Centos. Ubuntu somehow asks if it should do so:

  \quote
  [!!] Partition disks

  The selected device already contains the following LVM logical
  volumes, volume groups and physical volumes which are about to be
  removed:

  Logical volume(s) to be removed:
  [...]
  Note that this will also permanently erase any data currently on the logical volumes.
  Remove existing logical volume data?
  \quote end

  I am experiencing this problem from version 8.10 to version 10.10 (I
  have not tried earlier versions)

  Regards,
  Jan

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