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Hi!

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 05:40:41AM +0300, Md Ayquassar wrote:
>Package: wodim
>Version: 9:1.1.11-3+b2
>Severity: critical
>
>Starting with a blank 4.7 Gb DVD-R in the optical drive "HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW
>GS30N", my_file.iso containing a freshly downloaded copy of Windows 10 (US
>English, x64), and issuing
>
>$ sudo wodim -v driver=mmc_cd_dvd dev=/dev/sg1 -dummy -dao speed=1 fs=100m
>driveropts=noburnfree -data my_file.iso
>
>twice, I discovered that the first dry run succeeded, but the second did not.
>Upon ejecting the disc, I saw a differently colored ring on the disc. So, wodim
>didn't turn off the laser completely and thus made the disc unusable.
>
>So, we can no more test wodim's features without destroying discs. In practical
>terms, this makes wodim a harmful program. I suggest removing it from Debian
>completely.

I've never seen this happen at all, in many years of working with
wodim. Can you reproduce and grab a log to show it happening please?

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