[Bug 661151] Re: gparted 0.6.2 crashes after unformatted partition created

[Phillip Susi]

** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  gparted 0.6.2 crashes after unformatted partition created

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gparted

  I created an unpartitioned space (38GB) (in logical area) on a drive. Then later I created a new partition to nominally fill this space, but chose to leave it Unpartitioned. 
  I noted that the new partition was auto placed a megabyte or so away from an adjacent partition, I guess that is normal. 
  The change was committed ok but when re scanning for the new configuration, gparted crashed, and will not again start in this machine. 

  My initial experience with this was with ubuntu 10.10 desktop (Live)
  CD, described above.

  I subsequently used an installed ubuntu 10.10 on this same machine
  (multi drive, multi OS machine) with a gparted from Ubuntu software
  centre, gparted version 0.6.2-1ubuntu1(gparted), and this also crashes
  now in this machine, and will not run.

  I also have ubuntu 9.10 on this machine, with an installed gparted
  version 0.4.5 (from its ubuntu software centre) and this does not
  crash and seems to still run ok. Albeit it declares an 'unknown' file
  system on the unformatted partition.

  The hard drive containing the new unformatted partition apparently
  giving trouble also has windows xp and the ubuntu 9.10, and both of
  these still run ok. I conclude that there is no major corruption in
  the drive perhaps none at all. Just that the later version of gparted
  does not like an unformatted partition.

  information, from the installed Ubuntu 10.10
  apt-cache policy gparted
  gparted:
    Installed: 0.6.2-1ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.6.2-1ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.6.2-1ubuntu1 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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