Package: partman-base Version: 188 Severity: important --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I just installed a new stretch system using the alpha 4 netinst image, manual install. The root partition that I chose already had a filesystem. When parted wanted to create the filesystem, it hung.
I went to another console and saw a process mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3. I killed the process in order to relieve the hanging partman. Curious, as to why the mkfs.ext4 hung, I called it manually, and it told me that the partition already had a filesystem and asked me whether I really wanted to format it. I said yes and let partman do the job again. This time it didn't hang. I guess it should run mkfs.ext4 in non-interactive "yes, really do it and don't ask me any questions" mode or something like that. Thanks.
