[Parted-maintainers] Bug#703973: gnu-fdisk: UI problems with type and flags

[Francesco Potortì]

Package: gnu-fdisk
Version: 1.2.4-3.1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

some problems with the user interface.

First, when "Type" is chosen, the offered list does not contain all the
values as one would like, nor there is apparently a way to show them
all.

Second, when "Type" is chosen, if one want to exit without changing the
current type there is apparently no way.

Third, when "Flags" is chosen, the timing of pressing Esc is crucial: if
it is quick (few tens of seconds), than all is good.  If it is slow
(some tens of seconds), once back to the main menu, the question appears
"Partition table has changed, are you sure you want to quit?".
Apparently, even a single Esc is enough to exit (with a one-second
delay, approximately).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnu-fdisk depends on:
ii  dpkg               1.16.9
ii  install-info       4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii  libc6              2.13-38
ii  libncurses5        5.9-10
ii  libparted0debian1  2.3-12
ii  libreadline6       6.2+dfsg-0.1
ii  libtinfo5          5.9-10
ii  libuuid1           2.20.1-5.3

gnu-fdisk recommends no packages.

gnu-fdisk suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

-- 
Francesco Potortì (ricercatore)        Voice:  +39.050.621.3058
ISTI - Area della ricerca CNR          Mobile: +39.348.8283.107
via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa         Skype:  wnlabisti
(entrance 20, 1st floor, room C71)     Web:    http://fly.isti.cnr.it