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Bug 866953 - Weird behaviour when modifying ext4 partition to swap
Summary: Weird behaviour when modifying ext4 partition to swap
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 18
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lehman
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: fedora19rtt
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-10-16 11:42 UTC by Jan Stodola
Modified: 2014-02-05 22:50 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-02-05 22:50:19 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
screenshot 1 (50.75 KB, image/png)
2012-10-16 11:43 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
screenshot 2 (60.91 KB, image/png)
2012-10-16 11:44 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
screenshot 3 (65.66 KB, image/png)
2012-10-16 11:44 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
screenshot 4 (61.60 KB, image/png)
2012-10-16 11:45 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
anaconda.log (27.93 KB, text/plain)
2012-10-16 11:45 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
program.log (17.84 KB, text/plain)
2012-10-16 11:45 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
storage.log (72.62 KB, text/plain)
2012-10-16 11:46 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
syslog (60.46 KB, text/plain)
2012-10-16 11:46 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
swap vs. Swap (100.57 KB, image/png)
2012-10-23 09:35 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
storage.log (159.12 KB, text/plain)
2012-10-23 09:35 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
anaconda.log (14.32 KB, text/plain)
2012-10-23 09:35 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
program.log (32.06 KB, text/plain)
2012-10-23 09:36 UTC, Jan Stodola 		no flags Details
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Description Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:42:54 UTC 
Description of problem:
When trying to modify new ext4 partition to a swap partition, outcome is not in accordance with expected result. See steps to reproduce and attached screenshots.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora-18-Beta-TC4
anaconda 18.16

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start graphical installation and proceed to manual partitioning
2. create swap partition (Mount point: swap, Desired Capacity: 200)
3. create /usr (Mount point: /usr, Desired Capacity: 400)
4. change your mind and use following steps to modify /usr to be a swap partition:
5. select /usr partition and modify mount point from "/usr" to "swap" and hit "Apply Changes" button.
6. Notice how anaconda marks this partition (ext4/swap, see screenshot 1)
7. move on, select "Customize...", change "File System" from "ext4" to "swap" and hit "Apply Changes" button.
8. Compare both swap partitions, anaconda should present them identically, but it doesn't happen (notice swap/swap vs. Swap, "Usr" label and missing purpose of swap partition, see screenshots 2 and 3)
9. change your mind again and modify file system back to ext4
10. see that now you have 3 partitions (screenshot 4)
Comment 1 Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:43:37 UTC 
Created attachment 628113 [details]
screenshot 1
Comment 2 Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:44:05 UTC 
Created attachment 628114 [details]
screenshot 2
Comment 3 Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:44:33 UTC 
Created attachment 628121 [details]
screenshot 3
Comment 4 Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:45:16 UTC 
Created attachment 628126 [details]
screenshot 4
Comment 5 Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:45:35 UTC 
Created attachment 628127 [details]
anaconda.log
Comment 6 Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:45:56 UTC 
Created attachment 628128 [details]
program.log
Comment 7 Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:46:18 UTC 
Created attachment 628129 [details]
storage.log
Comment 8 Jan Stodola 2012-10-16 11:46:35 UTC 
Created attachment 628130 [details]
syslog
Comment 9 David Lehman 2012-10-16 16:47:33 UTC 
I'm going to make setting a mountpoint that is not an actual mountpoint an error outside of the "Add mountpoint" dialog. That's what fs type combo is for.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2012-10-20 01:31:24 UTC 
anaconda-18.19-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-18.19-1.fc18
Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2012-10-20 03:49:56 UTC 
Package anaconda-18.19-1.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing anaconda-18.19-1.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16528/anaconda-18.19-1.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 12 Jan Stodola 2012-10-23 09:35:04 UTC 
Created attachment 631983 [details]
swap vs. Swap

Retested with anaconda-18.19-1.fc18. Most of reported issues are fixed, but one of them is still present - Swap vs. swap

1. Cretate following mount points:
swap  200 MB
/usr  400 MB
/home 600 MB

2. Change file system on /usr (400 MB) to swap and compare both swaps: modified swap is labelled "swap", the other one is called "Swap". See attached screenshot.

3. Delete /home (600 MB) - now both swaps are labelled "Swap"

Could you also fix this swap/Swap issue?
Comment 13 Jan Stodola 2012-10-23 09:35:36 UTC 
Created attachment 631984 [details]
storage.log
Comment 14 Jan Stodola 2012-10-23 09:35:54 UTC 
Created attachment 631985 [details]
anaconda.log
Comment 15 Jan Stodola 2012-10-23 09:36:18 UTC 
Created attachment 631986 [details]
program.log
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