[Bug 1240794] Re: In partitioner 'select something else' deleting and adding a partition causes crash

[Andy Whitcroft]

** Description changed:

+ When deleting and recreating partitions in manual partitioning where the
+ disk has many partitions the installer may hang when attempting to mark
+ the partition to be formatted.  Resetting and restarting the install
+ will allow the installation to be completed.
+ 
+ ===
+ 
  Attemptin a side by side install after using auto-resize (i.e. manual)
  Selecting "Something Else" then deleting the partion I wanted to re-use
  and returning it to free space. Then selected it and selected it to be
  used as "/" (other defaults left as is e.g. ext4...) When I then
  selected the swap partition to be used as swap. the installer crashed
  with the above attached details. This happened twice on the row; hence
  my raising it as a bug.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Thu Oct 17 04:00:10 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Description changed:

+ === Release notes text ===
+ 
  When deleting and recreating partitions in manual partitioning where the
  disk has many partitions the installer may hang when attempting to mark
  the partition to be formatted.  Resetting and restarting the install
  will allow the installation to be completed.
  
  ===
  
  Attemptin a side by side install after using auto-resize (i.e. manual)
  Selecting "Something Else" then deleting the partion I wanted to re-use
  and returning it to free space. Then selected it and selected it to be
  used as "/" (other defaults left as is e.g. ext4...) When I then
  selected the swap partition to be used as swap. the installer crashed
  with the above attached details. This happened twice on the row; hence
  my raising it as a bug.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Thu Oct 17 04:00:10 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  In partitioner 'select something else' deleting and adding a partition
  causes crash

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  === Release notes text ===

  When deleting and recreating partitions in manual partitioning where
  the disk has many partitions the installer may hang when attempting to
  mark the partition to be formatted.  Resetting and restarting the
  install will allow the installation to be completed.

  ===

  Attemptin a side by side install after using auto-resize (i.e. manual)
  Selecting "Something Else" then deleting the partion I wanted to re-
  use and returning it to free space. Then selected it and selected it
  to be used as "/" (other defaults left as is e.g. ext4...) When I then
  selected the swap partition to be used as swap. the installer crashed
  with the above attached details. This happened twice on the row; hence
  my raising it as a bug.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Thu Oct 17 04:00:10 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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