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and subject line Bug#1120932: fixed in exfatprogs 1.2.9-1+deb13u1
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regarding exfatprogs: default sector size fails for Windows 11
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Package: exfatprogs
Version: 1.2.9-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
When using Debian/trixie mkfs.exfat with no special options, it can create an
exFAT FS that is not readable by Windows 11. In my case, it was creating an
exFAT FS with sectore size 4096. Windows 11 would not recognize it as usable.
When I then formatted it using Windows 11, I noticed it used a sector size of
512. By specifying "mkfs.extfat -s 512 /dev/sdz" I was then able to create
an exFAT FS readable by Windows 11.
This issue has already been addressed upstream and is part of 1.3.0 (which is
in forky). The upstream fix is here:
https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/d4f77ae41ce178c04b8e3326178554182ca94bd5
Applying this patch to 1.2.9-1 also fixes the issue. This may be something that
should be fixed in trixie, since it can be a major issue for some and (like me)
cost several hours to hunt down the problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.2
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.16.3+deb13-rt-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages exfatprogs depends on:
ii libc6 2.41-12
exfatprogs recommends no packages.
exfatprogs suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: exfatprogs
Source-Version: 1.2.9-1+deb13u1
Done: Sven Hoexter <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
exfatprogs, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sven Hoexter <[email protected]> (supplier of updated exfatprogs package)
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:57:33 +0100
Source: exfatprogs
Architecture: source
Version: 1.2.9-1+deb13u1
Distribution: trixie
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Sven Hoexter <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Sven Hoexter <[email protected]>
Closes: 1120932
Changes:
exfatprogs (1.2.9-1+deb13u1) trixie; urgency=medium
.
* Add trixie branch information to gbp.conf and Vcs-Git.
* Add debian/patches/windows-compat-use-512-sector-size.patch
for Windows compatibility. Windows fails to access devices
with a 4KB sector size which use a 512Byte sector emulation.
Cherry-Pick the revert from exfatprogs 1.3.0 to use a 512Byte
sector size for those devices, despite the performance penalty.
If a user would like to omit the Windows compatability
"mkfs.exfat -s 4096" can still be used to override the sector size.
(Closes: #1120932)
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