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Bug 844073
sys-apps/gptfdisk-1.0.9 weird error when creating partition in ~amd64 systems
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on 2022-05-13 17:41:57 UTC
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>This is what mike155 suggested in the forums > >Well, it's open source, isn't it? > >Use 'grep' to find the sentence 'Windows 7 may crash if you save this partition table!' in the source code. >Code: >ebuild /var/db/repos/gentoo/sys-apps/gptfdisk/gptfdisk-1.0.8-r1.ebuild prepare >cd /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/gptfdisk-1.0.8-r1/work/gptfdisk-1.0.8/ >grep -r "Windows 7 may crash if you save this partition table" . > >There it is: in file guid.cc, in function GUIDData::Randomize(void). > >A comment describes the function: >Code: >// Set a completely random GUID value.... >// The uuid_generate() function returns a value that needs to have its >// first three fields byte-reversed to conform to Intel's GUID layout. >// The Windows UuidCreate() function doesn't need this adjustment. If >// neither function is defined, or if UuidCreate() fails, set a completely >// random GUID -- not completely kosher, but it works on most platforms >// (immediately after creating the UUID on Windows 7 being an important >// exception). > >Something goes wrong in this function. You could try to find out the root cause. It could be: >an issue on your machine >a bug in the code >a bug in the way Gentoo builds this package >Once you know what goes wrong, you can file a bug. > > >https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1150097-highlight-.html
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