Installation scheme based on Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions fail

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Looks like the partitioning recipe sizes need tweaking a bit here.

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2015-06-24 10:26 EDT-------
Is there a fix available for this ?

Note that while this option is still present in the installer, installing a system with /usr on a separate partition from / should generally be considered deprecated.

Indeed, that option won't be available in following LTS releases, and already is no longer available in 15.04.

Considering this affects only new installations, I think we could probably go the route of applying the size changes, folding /usr into / for the partitioner as a SRU.

Hello bugproxy, or anyone else affected,

Accepted partman-auto into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/118ubuntu3.14.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2015-07-16 06:39 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #11)
> Hello bugproxy, or anyone else affected,
>
> Accepted partman-auto into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and
> be available at
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/118ubuntu3.14.04.2 in a
> few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
>
> Please help us by testing this new package. See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
> enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out
> to other Ubuntu users.
>
> If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
> mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from
> verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for
> you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
> verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us
> make a better decision.
>
> Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
> advance!

I have tried the updated package and confirm that the problem is fixed.

Default Comment by Bridge

This bug was fixed in the package partman-auto - 118ubuntu3.14.04.2

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partman-auto (118ubuntu3.14.04.2) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Combine / and /usr in the multi recipe for ppc64el; this makes sure / has
    enough space for completing the install, and brings us in sync with the
    multi recipe for later releases. (LP: #1461860)

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:25:32 -0400

The verification of the Stable Release Update for partman-auto has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.