Comment 11 for bug 558382

This is directed just at Steve Beattie for now, because these directions are suited for modifying the image he's using but not for modifying ubiquity, which edisso is using. If this becomes a problem I'll revise later, but it should do for now.

Steve, please do the following:

  * 'apt-get source parted', apply http://paste.ubuntu.com/418715/ to it, and 'debuild -b'.
  * 'apt-get source partman-base', apply http://paste.ubuntu.com/418716/ to it, and 'debuild -b'.
  * Start your VM, in such a state that the next installation will reproduce this bug. Make sure that it has network access to the machine on which you built these packages; if you just built on the VM host and are using kvm, then I believe 10.0.2.2 should work by default.
  * Run through the installation until the point where it asks you for your hostname, switch to tty2, and start a shell.
  * Run 'anna-install openssh-client-udeb', scp over the libparted0-udeb and partman-base udebs you just built, and unpack them both using 'udpkg --unpack'.
  * Switch back to tty1, reproduce the bug, and exit to the installer main menu.
  * Attach the resulting /var/log/syslog, /var/log/partman, and /var/log/parted_server.err to this bug.

Thanks in advance! I haven't tested these directions, so please get in touch with me on IRC if you have problems.