Re: PedUnit API commit

[Michael Reed]

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> Hello Michael,
> 
> thank you for helping with testing.
> 
>>Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
>>
>>Is this an intended change in the UI or an unexpected side effect?
> The latter. Fixed.

I picked up the new unit.c.

Your fix is an improvement.  I tried a length of -11 in creating the
partition and it worked.  I tried -1, again, and it still fails.
Previously, -11 would fail also.

Using /dev/sdx
(parted) unit s
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/sdx: 0s - 71687371s
Disk label type: dvh                               
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< DVH, if it matters
Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Name                  
Flags
9       0s      16064s  16065s  extended
(parted) mkpart
Partition type?  primary/logical? p
File system type?  [ext2]?
Start? 16100
End? -1
Error: The location -1 is outside of the device /dev/sdx.
(parted)
(parted)
(parted) mkpart
Partition type?  primary/logical? p
File system type?  [ext2]?
Start? 16100
End? -11
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/sdx: 0s - 71687371s
Disk label type: dvh
Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Name                  
Flags
9       0s      16064s  16065s  extended
1       16099s  71687363s 71671265s primary


In the course of this testing I noticed that prefixing '=' to a sector number
results in an invalid number.  Is this another UI change?  :)  If so, how do
I create a partition at exactly the start/end that I want?

(parted) rm 1
(parted)
(parted) mkpart
Partition type?  primary/logical? p
File system type?  [ext2]?
Start? =16100
Error: Invalid number.


I'm out of here now.  Have a good weekend.

Mike