XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist
From: hwansing@mailbox.org
Control: clone -1 -2
Control: reassign -1 partman-partitioning
Control: retitle -1 partman-partitioning: Missing information about default
units (GB since trixie)
Control: reassign -2 partman-lvm
Control: retitle -2 partman-lvm: Wrong information about default units (GB
since trixie)
Hi Vincent,
you are right. That should be fixed.
I'm reassigning to the relevant packages.
Thanks!
Vincent Danjean wrote (Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:58:28
+0200):
> Package: installation-reports
> Severity: minor
>
> Hi,
>
> The current trixie installer switches to GB as default unit instead of
MB.
> And indeed, both for plain (gpt) partitions and logical volume (LVM), I
checked that the default unit is now GB.
>
> I think that the default unit should be added in the text when choosing
plain (gpt) partitions.
> And, in any way, the text when choosing LV size must be changed as it still
refer to megabytes instead of gigabytes (but gigabytes are really used).
>
> Here are two screenshot of the installer text:
> - one when creating plain (gpt) partition with no information about default
unit (GB used)
> - one when creating logical volume (LVM) which state that the defaut unit
is
Megabyte (GB in fact)
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