bug reporting is not easy enough

[Jon Bendtsen]

Hi

If you want more bug-reports, you should make it easier to find out if there 
are duplicates. Searching for the word bug in my browser window at 
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/parted/ reveals no link, no nothing.


Anyway, here is the bug report, treat it as you wish:

address@hidden:~/extra1tb# parted /dev/sdaf
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sdaf
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print                                                            
Warning: /dev/sdaf contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. 
 However, it does not have a valid
fake msdos partition table, as it should.  Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly 
by a program that doesn't understand
GPT partition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using 
an msdos partition table.  Is this a
GPT partition table?
Yes/No? no                                                                
(parted) print                                                            
Warning: /dev/sdaf contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. 
 However, it does not have a valid
fake msdos partition table, as it should.  Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly 
by a program that doesn't understand
GPT partition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using 
an msdos partition table.  Is this a
GPT partition table?
Yes/No? yes                                                               
Error: Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sdaf                 
Retry/Ignore/Cancel? i                                                    
Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that 
will be used.
OK/Cancel?                                                                
OK/Cancel? ok                                                             
Backtrace has 8 calls on stack:
  8: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7fad6655a351]
  7: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x444c1) [0x7fad6658b4c1]
  6: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x7fad66561505]
  5: parted() [0x4070de]
  4: parted(interactive_mode+0xf3) [0x40e183]
  3: parted(main+0x8f) [0x40b1df]
  2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7fad65d7ac4d]
  1: parted() [0x405709]
                                                                          

You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:

Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:

Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:

        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/

Please check this version prior to bug reporting.

If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
please visit the GNU Parted website:

        http://www.gnu.org/software/parted

for further information.

Your report should contain the version of this release (2.3)
along with the error message below, the output of

        parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print

and the following history of commands you entered.
Also include any additional information about your setup you
consider important.

Assertion (last_usable <= disk->dev->length) at 
../../../libparted/labels/gpt.c:718 in function _parse_header()
failed.

Aborted
address@hidden:~/extra1tb# 


Linux dkVserver 2.6.32-5-vserver-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 7 23:14:47 UTC 2011 
x86_64 GNU/Linux



running debian squeeze with no updates this morning a couple of hours ago.


address@hidden:~/extra1tb# parted -v
parted (GNU parted) 2.3
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by <http://git.debian.org/?p=parted/parted.git;a=blob_plain;f=AUTHORS>.


address@hidden:~/extra1tb# parted /dev/sdaf unit co print unit s print
Warning: /dev/sdaf contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. 
 However, it does not have a valid
fake msdos partition table, as it should.  Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly 
by a program that doesn't understand
GPT partition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using 
an msdos partition table.  Is this a
GPT partition table?
parted: invalid token: unit
Yes/No? No                                                                
address@hidden:~/extra1tb# parted /dev/sdaf unit co print unit s print
Warning: /dev/sdaf contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. 
 However, it does not have a valid
fake msdos partition table, as it should.  Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly 
by a program that doesn't understand
GPT partition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using 
an msdos partition table.  Is this a
GPT partition table?
parted: invalid token: unit
Yes/No? Yes                                                               
Error: Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sdaf                 
Retry/Ignore/Cancel? Retry                                                
Error: Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sdaf                 
Retry/Ignore/Cancel? Ignore                                               
Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that 
will be used.
OK/Cancel? OK                                                             
Backtrace has 8 calls on stack:
  8: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7f3c1d02d351]
  7: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x444c1) [0x7f3c1d05e4c1]
  6: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x7f3c1d034505]
  5: parted() [0x4070de]
  4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x8c) [0x40ce2c]
  3: parted(main+0x63) [0x40b1b3]
  2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f3c1c84dc4d]
  1: parted() [0x405709]
                                                                          

You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:

Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:

Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:

        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/

Please check this version prior to bug reporting.

If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
please visit the GNU Parted website:

        http://www.gnu.org/software/parted

for further information.

Your report should contain the version of this release (2.3)
along with the error message below, the output of

        parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print

and the following history of commands you entered.
Also include any additional information about your setup you
consider important.

Assertion (last_usable <= disk->dev->length) at 
../../../libparted/labels/gpt.c:718 in function _parse_header()
failed.

Aborted
address@hidden:~/extra1tb#