[Bug 887446] Re: mlabel: renaming USB stick appends "nA" to name

[Adam Conrad]

Hello Daniel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted mtools into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mtools/4.0.12-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 in a
few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
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advance!

** Changed in: mtools (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  mlabel: renaming USB stick appends "nA" to name

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Triaged
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
  Triaged
Status in “mtools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “mtools” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * Users can not rename their disks properly.

   * HP BIOS looks for a partition named HP_TOOLS for their recovery
  key.

   * Because we don't have an mlabel that works, the recovery key does
  not work on HP laptops. Thus, it is impossible for an end user to
  recover their system if they somehow manage to break the main install.

  [Test Case]

   * Use mlabel to label a partition

   * Observe the name is not exactly as intended

  [Regression Potential]

   * Low, this fix has already been upstream for a few releases.

   * Additionally, at 20 additional lines of code, it isn't that large
  of a change.

  [Original Description]

  I try to rename a usb stick using mlabel (gparted shows the same
  erroneous behaviour). The rename works, but the string "nA" is
  appended to the name (it is less than 11 characters). The appended
  string is right-justified, and spaces are inserted in the middle
  between my name and the "nA", resulting in a new label like "new-name
  nA". This behaviour only takes place with names that are at least 8
  characters long.

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