Bug 453388 - Unable to empty the volume label of FAT32.
Summary: Unable to empty the volume label of FAT32.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: partitionmanager
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 22.04.0
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andrius Štikonas
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Reported: 2022-05-04 13:59 UTC by daiaji
Modified: 2022-05-15 22:22 UTC (History)
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Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/system/kpmcore/commit/fd4a3308879fcf4e59c3f9c199c28c95d04440f5
Version Fixed In: 22.08.0
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Description daiaji 2022-05-04 13:59:28 UTC 
SUMMARY
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Unable to empty the volume label of FAT32.

sudo fatlabel /dev/disk/by-partlabel/ESP ""
fatlabel: labels can't be empty or white space only

I guess it's because of dosstools v4 2 added new restrictions.

sudo fatlabel -r /dev/disk/by-partlabel/ESP

The R parameter is very useful.

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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set the volume label with empty content for FAT32.

OBSERVED RESULT
The volume label is not empty.

EXPECTED RESULT
The volume label is empty.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 daiaji 2022-05-06 03:41:10 UTC 
It's actually the partition manager that can't clear the FAT32 volume label.
As for the part of dosstools, I just speculate that it may be because the partition manager may use dosstools.
Comment 2 Andrius Štikonas 2022-05-15 22:21:32 UTC 
Git commit fd4a3308879fcf4e59c3f9c199c28c95d04440f5 by Andrius Štikonas.
Committed on 15/05/2022 at 22:20.
Pushed by stikonas into branch 'master'.

Allow setting empty FAT label.

This breaks compatibility with dosfstools 4.1

M  +2    -3    src/fs/fat12.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/system/kpmcore/commit/fd4a3308879fcf4e59c3f9c199c28c95d04440f5