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usb-creator package

usb-creator package should depend on mtools

Bug #296093 reported by Michael Lazarev
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: usb-creator

It is not enough for usb-creator package to depend on syslinux.
syslinux package only recommends mtools.
But without mtools installed, usb-creator will just hang.

The reason is when usb-creator makes a call to syslinux, the latter fails with exit code 1
and the message "sh: mcopy: not found". It needs mcopy from mtools.

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How to reproduce: remove mtools and try to make a bootable USB.

See original description
Michael Lazarev (milaz)
description: updated
Evan (ev)
Changed in usb-creator:
status: New → Fix Committed
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hackel (hackel) wrote :

When and where was a fix for this issue committed? usb-creator 0.1.11 in jaunty still does not depend on mtools.

Changed in usb-creator:
status: Fix Committed → Confirmed
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Phil (philippk87) wrote :

Be aware of the "vive verca" problem, yes it does depend on it but while some reported that getting mtools fixed it for them, does not mean it does not hang for me WITH mtools.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package usb-creator - 0.1.12

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usb-creator (0.1.12) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Evan Dandrea ]
  * Correct grammatical typo in the GTK frontend (LP: #297569).
  * Depend on mcopy as syslinux only recommends it (LP: #296093).
  * Mark more strings for translation. Thanks István Nyitrai (LP: #310804).
  * Change the Debian maintainer to the Ubuntu Installer Team.
  * Work around a long standing GTK label bug by using a Python version of
  * libview's WrapLabel.
  * Fix nonsense 1 byte writes of the casper-rw ext3 loopback fs
    (LP: #313364).
  * Basic file copy error handling.
  * Sync the disk at the end of installation.
  * Better handle filesystem-on-disk in the bootloader installing code.
    Thanks Loïc Minier (LP: #325375)

  [ Jonathan Ernst ]
  * Menu entry should be named "USB startup disk creator" (LP: #286924)
  * Add French translation to desktop file

 -- Evan Dandrea <email address hidden> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:45:56 +0000

Changed in usb-creator:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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