--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Make sure parted mkpart ends the partition one sector before the specified
+# value if end is specified with IEC units.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../parted
+
+require_512_byte_sector_size_
+n_mbs=8
+dev=dev-file
+
+dd if=/dev/null of=$dev bs=1M seek=$n_mbs || fail=1
+# create 1st partition
+parted --align=none -s $dev mklabel gpt mkpart p1 1MiB 2MiB > err 2>&1 || fail=1
+compare err /dev/null || fail=1 # expect no output
+#parted -m -s $dev u s p > exp || fail=1
+
+# create 2nd partition - they should not overlap
+# this time specify default unit
+parted --align=none -s $dev unit MiB mkpart p2 2 3 > err 2>&1 || fail=1
+compare err /dev/null || fail=1 # expect no output
+
+# create 3rd partition - expect no overlap
+# specify default unit, but explicitly override it
+parted --align=none -s $dev unit TB mkpart p3 3MiB 4MiB > err 2>&1 || fail=1
+compare err /dev/null || fail=1 # expect no output
+
+# Specify default unit of MiB, yet use explicit ending sector number.
+parted --align=none -s $dev unit MiB mkpart p4 4MiB 10239s > err 2>&1 || fail=1
+compare err /dev/null || fail=1 # expect no output
+
+# check boundaries of the partitions
+parted -m -s $dev u s p > out || fail=1
+
+# prepare expected output
+cat <<EOF > exp || framework_failure
+1:2048s:4095s:2048s::p1:;
+2:4096s:6143s:2048s::p2:;
+3:6144s:8191s:2048s::p3:;
+4:8192s:10239s:2048s::p4:;
+EOF
+
+# compare expected and actual outputs
+sed -e "1,2d" out > k; mv k out
+compare out exp || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail