Re: *** glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list: 0x00355848 ***

[Andrew Clausen]

Hi Andy,

On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 08:46:11AM -0500, andy wrote:
> I had a problem with parted in that I cancelled an operation and it
> aborted, file attached.

A bug giving similar symtpoms to yours was fixed in 1.6.19.  What
version do you have?

> Also I would like to make a recommendation that the interface be like
> this
> 
> mkpart +10000
> 
> To create a 10G partition defaults being primary if no extended
> partition exists and logical if not, and ext2 filesystem, and default
> start=where last partition ends
> 
> mkpart 20000 +10000
> 
> To create a partition as above but specifying the start
> 
> I think its a small change that would make a sys admins life much
> easier!
>
> Also its a shame that ext3 isnt supported directly.

I agree on all of your points.  I'm accepting patches :)

Thanks,
Andrew