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[Jane Atkinson <1993663@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I find the current (23.04) wording confusing, and have difficulty in
figuring out how this is different from the "manual partitioning re-
using home partition" reinstall variant. E.g. should the existing /home
partition be removed and then a new one created? Or do I just leave the
existing one there and change the other partitions?

If the original /home partition is retained and not formatted, then I'd
expect it to retain the browsing history etc. Yet this is considered a
fail. I agree with adrien-n that it would help if the intention of this
test were clearer.

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Title:
  Reinstall+erase: unconfigured /home mount leads to false success.

Status in Ubuntu Manual Tests:
  New

Bug description:
  testcase: "Install (erase and re-install) in Ubuntu Desktop amd64 in
  Kinetic Daily "

  The test is supposed to check that the /home filesystem has been
  wiped.

  UPDATE: I made a mistake since I had missed something in the testcase near the end.
  It is expected that the new installation doesn't re-use the /home partition from the first installation. However I also think the testcase should be improved by providing a way to check the data in the now-unused /home partition has been indeed deleted if that is indeed what is wanted.

  
  Possible mprovements:
  - after chosing to re-install, the installer displays what will be done to partitions: this should include formatting the previously-used /home partition (which requires remembering the partition numbers seen when partitioning for the first install),
  - try to mount the previous /home partition and if it doesn't fail, then 'ls' it to check that it is empty.

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