#756917 prints a dot and segfaults

Package:
fatresize
Source:
fatresize
Description:
FAT16/FAT32 filesystem resizer
Submitter:
Eduard Bloch
Date:
2015-12-11 18:03:13 UTC
Severity:
important
#756917#5
Date:
2014-08-03 13:08:17 UTC
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First attempt:
$ sudo fatresize -i /dev/sde1
fatresize 1.0.2 (07/22/14)
FAT: fat32
Size: 29995806208
Min size: 22789915648
Max size: 31393316864
$ fatresize -s 31393316864 -p -v /dev/sde1
fatresize 1.0.2 (07/22/14)
#756917#10
Date:
2015-12-11 17:43:54 UTC
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I recently discovered that fatresize 1.0.2-7+b1 (distributed with Debian Jessie) has a bug where it subtly corrupts fat32 partitions.  I haven't been able to tell what exactly is wrong with the partition after being resized but the symptoms are that while linux can mount and read/write it just fine windows and dos cannot use the partition.  Windows insists that the partition is unformatted and offers to format it.
In regressing the problem I found that fatresize 1.0.2-6 (distributed with Debian Wheezy) does not have this problem.