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Bug 75573 - fdisk in util-linux-2.12i -r1 failes to view partition tables in raid arrays
Summary: fdisk in util-linux-2.12i -r1 failes to view partition tables in raid arrays
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2004-12-24 12:29 UTC by Alan
Modified: 2007-07-07 05:44 UTC (History)
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Description Alan 2004-12-24 12:29:48 UTC
With the install of util-linux-2.12i-r1 over 2.12-r4 sfdisk, fdisk, and cfdisk suddenly stopped working to show the partition tables within raid arrays.  Running:

sfdisk -l /dev/md0

displayed a message of 

sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature
 /dev/md0: unrecognized partition table type
No partitions found

With similar results from cfdisk and fdisk.

The array was fine and I could mount, umount, fsck, raidstop and raidstart without error.  Reverting to the older ebuild resulted in the expected output.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge util-linux-2.12i-r1 
2. run fdisk -l /dev/md0, note errors.
3. emerge util-linux-2.12-r4 
4. run fdisk -l /dev/md0, results are ok.
Actual Results:  
fdisk commands can't access partition tables within raid arrays.

Expected Results:  
should be able to work on raid arrays.
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-01-09 19:52:54 UTC
could you test 2.12p please ?
Comment 2 Alan 2005-01-14 13:22:00 UTC
Same issue:

master util-linux # sfdisk -l /dev/md0

Disk /dev/md0: 3417792 cylinders, 2 heads, 4 sectors/track

sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature
 /dev/md0: unrecognized partition table type
No partitions found
master util-linux #
Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-01-28 22:22:09 UTC
please post `emerge info` and re-open
Comment 4 Alan 2005-01-29 12:14:14 UTC
My emerge info:

Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.4-gentoo-r1 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.4-gentoo-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family      1133MHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Python:              dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Nov 16 2004, 15:34:37)]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.4
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.4
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r1
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.10-r3
virtual/os-headers:  2.4.19-r1, 2.4.21-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.ccccom.com http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt encode f77 font-server foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gdcscope gif gpm icq imagemagick imap imlib innodb ipv6 jpeg libg++ libwww mad maildir mbox mikmod mmx mpeg msn mysql ncurses offensive oggvorbis oscar oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png postgres python quicktime readline sasl sdl snmp spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vhosts x86 xml xml2 xmms xv yahoo zlib"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS

And from another machine with the same problem:

Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8
Python:              dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5,dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Oct 17 2004, 02:23:48)]
distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.2.3-r5, 2.3.4
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.6.3, 1.8.5-r2, 1.7.9, 1.9.4, 1.4_p6
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r1
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.10-r3
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.8.1-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -falign-jumps=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign- functions=64 -funroll-loops -mfpmath=sse,387"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env / usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/p ref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/ config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -falign-jumps=4 -falign-loops=4 -falig n-functions=64 -funroll-loops -mfpmath=sse,387"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks fixpackages prelink sandbox sfperms"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--relax -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,--sort-common -s"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow X aalib acl alsa apache2 apm arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr composite crypt  cscope cups curl ddbm dga directfb dvd eds emacs encode esd evo exif f77 faad fam fbcon flac flash font-server foo maticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gimpprint gnome gnomedb gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal howl imagemagi ck imap imlib innodb ipv6 java javascript jpeg junit kde lame libg++ libwww mad mikmod mitshm mmx mng mono motif mo zcalendar mozilla mozsvg mpeg mysql nas ncurses nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl pic png postgres pyth on qt qtmt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl shadow slang slp snmp speex spell sqlite ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vim-with-x wmf xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET
Comment 5 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-01-29 20:39:16 UTC
try you try with just CFLAGS="-pipe"
Comment 6 Alan 2005-01-30 11:45:09 UTC
No change with CFLAGS set to only '-pipe' or with no cflags at all.
Comment 7 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-02-21 08:31:26 UTC
you could try util-linux-2.12q but i suspect it wont fix anything ...
Comment 8 Alan 2005-04-14 21:13:49 UTC
No, it didn't.  Anyone have any other ideas? (Sorry, thought I replied to this sooner).
Comment 9 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2007-07-07 05:44:07 UTC
util-linux-2.13 should fix this