** Description changed: - Over time with use of Disk utility I realized that there are a few time - when I try to do something and the message given is unclear about a - missing package. I have gotten this in the pas trying to encrypt a disk - without cryptsetup installed and now with XFS. + Over time with use of Disk utility I realized that when I try to do + something a message given is unclear, when it should tell me about about + a missing package. I have gotten this in the pas trying to encrypt a + disk without cryptsetup installed and now with xfs. Do not show an + option if dependent software is not installed. Error creating file system: Cannot run mkfs: cannot spawn 'mkfs.xfs -L "New Volume" /dev/sdb1': Failed to execute child process "mkfs.xfs" (No such file or directory) - I would expect the program to either: -Not display features until those packages are installed -Interact with gnome-app-install to propose easy installation of needed packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.0.2-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Sep 5 10:06:04 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110817) SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (8 days ago)
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