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bin/53668: gpt(8) remove -L does exactly the wrong thing
>Number: 53668
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: gpt(8) remove -L removes all partitions EXCEPT the right one
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 14 19:30:01 +0000 2018
>Originator: riz%NetBSD.org@localhost
>Release: NetBSD 8.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD cassava.tastylime.net 8.0 NetBSD 8.0 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Jul 17 14:59:51 UTC 2018 mkrepro%mkrepro.NetBSD.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
On a production NetBSD 8.0 box, I wanted to remove a gpt partition with a
particular label; I used
gpt remove -L partition-to-remove wd0
...and it removed ALL PARTITIONS *except* the labeled one.
Here's me duplicating it with a vnd on a different NetBSD 8.0 box:
cassava:riz ~> sudo gpt show -l vnd0
start size index contents
0 1 PMBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 10000 1 GPT part - first_part
10034 10000 2 GPT part - second_part
20034 10000 3 GPT part - third_part
30034 10000 4 GPT part - fourth_part
40034 983933 Unused
1023967 32 Sec GPT table
1023999 1 Sec GPT header
cassava:riz ~> sudo gpt remove -L third_part vnd0
/dev/rvnd0d: Partition 1 removed
/dev/rvnd0d: Partition 2 removed
/dev/rvnd0d: Partition 4 removed
cassava:riz ~> sudo gpt show -l vnd0
start size index contents
0 1 PMBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 20000 Unused
20034 10000 3 GPT part - third_part
30034 993933 Unused
1023967 32 Sec GPT table
1023999 1 Sec GPT header
cassava:riz ~>
Boy, was this annoying. Luckily, on the production machine I had just shown
all the partitions, so I was able to recreate them, but this could have
royally screwed up my day.
>How-To-Repeat:
- create a gpt-partitioned disk with multiple labeled partitions.
- use "gpt remove -L partition-to-remove" <disk>
- watch it remove all OTHER partitions.
>Fix:
none given.
>Unformatted:
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