bug#58393: closed (parted ignores "fs-type" in mkpart when it specified in command line)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: parted ignores "fs-type" in mkpart when it specified in command line Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:34:37 +0300

When running in command prompt (gpt disk with no partitions)

mkpart PartName ext4 1M 500M

partition is created and "print" command shows file system ext4

 

When running

parted /dev/sda mkpart PartName ext4 1M 500M

parted creates partition but "print" does show file system.

 

So "mkpart" works different in interactive mode and non-interactive (file system is ignored)

 

 

 

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> Re: bug#58393: parted ignores "fs-type" in mkpart when it specified in command line
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> On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 12:34:37AM +0300, rva via Bug reports for the GNU 
> Parted disk partition editor wrote:
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> > When running in command prompt (gpt disk with no partitions)
> > mkpart PartName ext4 1M 500M
> > partition is created and "print" command shows file system ext4
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> > When running
> > parted /dev/sda mkpart PartName ext4 1M 500M
> > parted creates partition but "print" does show file system.
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> > So "mkpart" works different in interactive mode and non-interactive (file 
> > system is ignored)
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> I assume you mean that a separate print 'does not' show the filesystem.
> This is normal, and it is because parted doesn't actually create the
> filesystem, you need to do that yourself.
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> When creating a partition the filesystem you enter is used to determine
> the UUID to use for the partition type (eg. linux data or swap or
> whatever). When you rerun parted without actually creating that
> filesystem it doesn't show anything because it hasn't detected a
> filesystem on the partition. If you create an ext4 filesystem on that
> partition it will show ext4.
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> Note that in the current master version of parted it can show the actual
> partition type UUID in the --json output.
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> Brian
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> Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
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