[Bug 776912] Re: gparted crashes on resizing extended partition

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[Expired for gparted (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
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** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  gparted crashes on resizing extended partition

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gparted

  When resizing an extended partition, gparted crashes. When run in an terminal, the following assert is visible:
  ======================
  libparted : 2.3
  ======================
  Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.
  Backtrace has 10 calls on stack:
    10: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x2a) [0x9e9a5a]
    9: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x42370) [0xa22370]
    8: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x10ede) [0x9f0ede]
    7: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_set_partition_geom+0x159) [0x9f1f19]
    6: gpartedbin() [0x80b9f9d]
    5: gpartedbin() [0x80bf355]
    4: gpartedbin() [0x80bf638]
    3: gpartedbin() [0x80815c9]
    2: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x5e99) [0xfc2e99]
    1: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(clone+0x5e) [0x10a673e]
  Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2178 in function add_logical_part_metadata() failed.

  I am running Ubuntu 11.04 from a live usb stick.
  gparted apt-cache policy:
  gparted:
    Installed: 0.7.0-1ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.7.0-1ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.7.0-1ubuntu1 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gparted 0.7.0-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed May  4 05:38:30 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: gparted
  StacktraceTop:
   __kernel_vsyscall ()
   raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   ped_assert () from /lib/libparted.so.0
   ?? () from /lib/libparted.so.0
  Title: gpartedbin crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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