[Bug 1581314] Re: gparted crashes when copying ntfs partition

[Phil]

I tried to copy an ntfs partition using gparted 0.25, using ubuntu
15.04.

My gparted output:

======================
libparted : 3.2
======================

(gpartedbin:2846): glibmm-ERROR **: 
unhandled exception (type std::exception) in signal handler:
what: basic_string::_M_replace_aux

Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
$ apt-cache policy gparted
gparted:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.19.0-3build1
  Version table:
     0.19.0-3build1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ sudo fdisk -l -u
[output trimmed to just the disks involved.
copy was from /dev/sda5 to /dev/sde4]

Disk /dev/sda: 111.8 GiB, 120034123776 bytes, 234441648 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: [snip]

Device     Boot    Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *          63  36200035  36199973 17.3G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       36200448 234440703 198240256 94.5G  f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5       36202496 234440703 198238208 94.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT


Disk /dev/sde: 3.7 TiB, 4000787030016 bytes, 7814037168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: [...]

Device          Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sde1          34     262177     262144  128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sde2      264192 7579594751 7579330560  3.5T Microsoft basic data
/dev/sde3  7579594752 7611598847   32004096 15.3G Linux swap
/dev/sde4  7611600896 7809839103  198238208 94.5G Microsoft basic data

Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.

$ sudo parted /dev/sda5 unit s print
Model: Unknown (unknown)
Disk /dev/sda5: 198238208s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start  End         Size        File system  Flags
 1      0s     198238207s  198238208s  ntfs

$ sudo parted /dev/sde4 unit s print
Model: Unknown (unknown)
Disk /dev/sde4: 198238208s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start  End         Size        File system  Flags
 1      0s     198238207s  198238208s  ntfs

$ sudo blkid
[reports them both as type ntfs, but I don't post UUIDs due to paranoia]

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Title:
  gparted crashes when copying ntfs partition

Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  1) $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  2) $ apt-cache policy gparted
  gparted:
    Installed: 0.25.0-1
    Candidate: 0.25.0-1
    Version table:
   *** 0.25.0-1 500
          500 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) Copying ntfs partition from one disk to another disk should not
  crash Gparted.

  4) Running sudo gparted from terminal to capture error messages. After
  the command ntfsclone has completed but before the dialog box
  indicates success, Gparted crashes with  this error.

  (gpartedbin:21478): glibmm-ERROR **:
  unhandled exception (type std::exception) in signal handler:
  what: basic_string::_M_replace_aux

  Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

  Checking after the crash, the partition seems to have been
  successfully copied, despite the crash. Does not crash when copying
  ext4.

  ...

  UPDATE:
  can confirm this also happens in Ubuntu 14.04

  1) $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  2) $ apt-cache policy gparted
  gparted:
    Installed: 0.18.0-1
    Candidate: 0.18.0-1
    Version table:
   *** 0.18.0-1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  ...

  A series messages like these also appear while gparted is running:

  (gpartedbin:4207): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 4198 was not found when
  attempting to remove it

  (gpartedbin:4207): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 4197 was not found when attempting to remove it
  ...

  And then finally after completion of ntfsclone the same error:

  (gpartedbin:4207): glibmm-ERROR **:
  unhandled exception (type std::exception) in signal handler:
  what: basic_string::_M_replace_aux

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