[Bug 1480711] [NEW] In installer selecting something else does not show used space on xfs partitions.

[Brendan Perrine]

Public bug reported:

To reproduce install a linux distro with on an xfs with either a /home
or / mountpoint then download the latest ubuntu-mate iso or antoher
flavor and select something else in the partitioning. The installs I
have on an ext4 partition are shown but the installs on an xfs partition
shows unkown free. from selecting install at the menu if I press control
alt t in ubuntu mate it brings up a terminal and I can see the used
space on the xfs partitions by runing sudo gparted.

 ubiquity:
  Installed: 2.21.27
  Candidate: 2.21.27
  Version table:
 *** 2.21.27 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Description:	Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)
Release:	15.10

I expected the free space column to calculate xfs partition used space
seeing as it is an old and mature filesystem. Instead I get unkwon as
the size but the iso can see the used space in gparted. I can still
install but seeing free space would be nice.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: ubiquity 2.21.27
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.362
Date: Sun Aug  2 20:05:31 2015
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150802)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.27 ubuntu-mate wily

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Title:
  In installer selecting something else does not show used space on xfs
  partitions.

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  To reproduce install a linux distro with on an xfs with either a /home
  or / mountpoint then download the latest ubuntu-mate iso or antoher
  flavor and select something else in the partitioning. The installs I
  have on an ext4 partition are shown but the installs on an xfs
  partition shows unkown free. from selecting install at the menu if I
  press control alt t in ubuntu mate it brings up a terminal and I can
  see the used space on the xfs partitions by runing sudo gparted.

   ubiquity:
    Installed: 2.21.27
    Candidate: 2.21.27
    Version table:
   *** 2.21.27 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  Description:	Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)
  Release:	15.10

  I expected the free space column to calculate xfs partition used space
  seeing as it is an old and mature filesystem. Instead I get unkwon as
  the size but the iso can see the used space in gparted. I can still
  install but seeing free space would be nice.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.27
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
  Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.362
  Date: Sun Aug  2 20:05:31 2015
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150802)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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