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Bug 786050 - GParted reports failed to execute child process "mkudffs" when it is not installed
GParted reports failed to execute child process "mkudffs" when it is not inst...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gparted
Classification: Other
Component: application
0.29.0
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Mike Fleetwood
gparted maintainers alias
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-08-09 13:44 UTC by Mike Fleetwood
Modified: 2017-10-10 17:23 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
Only execute mkudffs during detection when it is known to exist (v1) (1.67 KB, patch)
2017-08-09 18:37 UTC, Mike Fleetwood 		none Details | Review

Description Mike Fleetwood 2017-08-09 13:44:58 UTC 
When udftools are not installed and the mkudffs program isn't found
GParted reports this error during startup:

    # ./gpartedbin
    ======================
    libparted : 3.1
    ======================
    Failed to execute child process "mkudffs" (No such file or directory)

Fix on it's way.
Comment 1 Mike Fleetwood 2017-08-09 18:37:05 UTC 
Created attachment 357289 [details] [review]
Only execute mkudffs during detection when it is known to exist (v1)

Hi Curtis,

Here's the patch for this.

Mike
Comment 2 Curtis Gedak 2017-08-10 16:23:47 UTC 
Thanks Mike for finding and fixing this problem.

The patch looks good to me.  My testing on kubuntu 16.04 confirmed the problem and that the patch fixes the issue.

Patch v1 from comment #1 has been committed to the git repository.

The relevant git commit can be viewed at the following link:

Only execute mkudffs during detection when it is known to exist (#786050)
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gparted/commit/?id=c353630312bb05c53ff4221bff6b2cbad58a6ca3
Comment 3 Curtis Gedak 2017-10-10 17:23:16 UTC 
This enhancement was included in the GParted 0.30.0 release on October 10, 2017.