** Description changed: testcase: "Install (erase and re-install) in Ubuntu Desktop amd64 in Kinetic Daily " The test is supposed to check that the /home filesystem has been wiped. - I do not know if the new install is supposed to have a dedicated /home - partition too. Note that the corresponding but that I encountered has - existed since at least 20.04; I'm not sure when was the last release - with a proper behaviour and therefore I cannot work backwards to - describe that behaviour. - Currently the test "passes" because the new installation doesn't use a - dedicated /home partition and re-uses the / one ; therefore the new - install cannot use the one that had been used by the first install. - Since the test criteria is only that files created before are not - visible anymore, the test is marked as passed while it should fail. + UPDATE: I made a mistake since I had missed something in the testcase near the end. + It is expected that the new installation doesn't re-use the /home partition from the first installation. However I also think the testcase should be improved by providing a way to check the data in the now-unused /home partition has been indeed deleted if that is indeed what is wanted. - Improvements: + + Possible mprovements: - after chosing to re-install, the installer displays what will be done to partitions: this should include formatting the previously-used /home partition (which requires remembering the partition numbers seen when partitioning for the first install), - - check that 'df -h /home' outputs a 'mounted on' and a 'size' that match what is expected, - - sudo 'fdisk -l /devb/sda' (or the appropriate disk, as used when doing the first install) and check that if a dedicated /home partition is not used by the second install, then the old /home partition has been removed, - - if the new system isn't configured to use a dedicated partition, then try to mount the previous /home partition and if it doesn't fail, then 'ls' it to check that it is empty. + - try to mount the previous /home partition and if it doesn't fail, then 'ls' it to check that it is empty.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical's Ubuntu QA, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Manual Tests. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1993663 Title: Reinstall+erase: unconfigured /home mount leads to false success. Status in Ubuntu Manual Tests: New Bug description: testcase: "Install (erase and re-install) in Ubuntu Desktop amd64 in Kinetic Daily " The test is supposed to check that the /home filesystem has been wiped. UPDATE: I made a mistake since I had missed something in the testcase near the end. It is expected that the new installation doesn't re-use the /home partition from the first installation. However I also think the testcase should be improved by providing a way to check the data in the now-unused /home partition has been indeed deleted if that is indeed what is wanted. Possible mprovements: - after chosing to re-install, the installer displays what will be done to partitions: this should include formatting the previously-used /home partition (which requires remembering the partition numbers seen when partitioning for the first install), - try to mount the previous /home partition and if it doesn't fail, then 'ls' it to check that it is empty. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual-tests/+bug/1993663/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-ubuntu-qa Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-ubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
