severity 379835 important thanks There are currently three RC bugs open related to the resizing of NTFS 3.1 partitions as created by Windows Vista.
- #379628: ntfsresize - upstream bug, but disputed; I can reproduce it
reliably though; needs confirmation by someone else
- #380226: libparted - clear issue, recently further traced during BSP in
Utrecht; needs attention from Debian maintainer and upstream
- #379835: partman - no bug in partman itself, but the result of the two
listed above (blocked by both)
I have today uploaded a version of partman-partitioning that includes a
check for NTFS 3.1 partitions and refuses to resize in that case; earlier
NTFS partitions (NT, XP, 2000) should still be resizable.
As partman is now "safe" I am downgrading #379835 to important.
For #380226 I recommend tagging it 'etch-ignore'.
The reason I think it's safe to do that is that it may only manifest
itself in the installer. I'm unsure where else and how libparted is used
though.
I have tried resizing an NTFS 3.1 partition using parted, and that
correctly left the starting partition unchanged, so parted is unaffected.
IMO #379628 should not be ignored for Etch and it would be nice if someone
else would try to either reproduce the bug or prove me wrong. There is
plenty of information in the BR for that. Without a working ntfsresize,
resizing NTFS 3.1 partitions is a no-op anyway.
Cheers,
FJP
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