** Summary changed: - "Format" partition edit option appears to keep reverting to "Keep" + no clear indication that format has been selected
** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Bug watch added: Calamares Issues #1120 https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1120 ** Also affects: calamares via https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1120 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Description changed: - Lubuntu 18.10 Cosmic + STEPS TO REPRODUCE + 1. Select manual partitioning + 2. Select a partition + 3. Click "Edit" + 4. Click the "Format" radio button + 5. Click "OK" + 6. Note anywhere that formatting is mentioned + 7. Select the partition + 8. Click "Edit" + 9. Click the "Format" radio button + 10. Click "OK" - In doing a manual install, I always format the '/' root partition, but - leave all others alone. + EXPECTED BEHAVIOR + * The main screen would have a column showing whether or not formatting has been selected + * The "Format" radio button would be selected in the dialog upon further edits + * In the summary screen, formatting is only done once - Thus for all others, I kept the partition edit option at "Keep". + ACTUAL BEHAVIOR + * The main screen shows no information about whether or not formatting is to occur + * The "Keep" radio button is selected in the dialog upon further edits + * In the summary screen, formatting is shown twice - After changing the partition for '/' to "Format", I noticed that there was no display column for "Format?" as there is for gparted, to see at a glance which partitions were to be formatted. - Therefore, I went back and edited the partition, and found that the option was no longer "Format", but had reverted to "Keep". - I tried several times to change it to "Format", and each time it reverted to "Keep". - - When I decided to go ahead with the install anyway, I was presented with a list of tasks to be effected, the first five (!) of which were "Format sdb_ as "/" (or some such wording). - I hope that it did not actually format the partition 5 times (but it did seem to take a while!). - - ---------------------------------------------------------- - $ uname -a - Linux scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-Plus 4.15.0-22-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 16 12:15:17 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux - $lsb_release -dsc - Ubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish (development branch) - $echo $DESKTOP_SESSION - cosmic - - $ apt-cache policy calamares - calamares: - Installed: 3.2.0-1 - Candidate: 3.2.0-1 - Version table: - *** 3.2.0-1 500 - 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - - $ apt-cache policy partitionmanager - partitionmanager: - Installed: 3.3.1-2 - Candidate: 3.3.1-2 - Version table: - *** 3.3.1-2 500 - 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - - ---------------------------------------------------------- + AFFECTED VERSIONS + calamares 3.2.0-1 - 3.2.4-0ubuntu3 + 18.10 - 19.04 ** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773610 Title: no clear indication that format has been selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calamares/+bug/1773610/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs