--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# gpt: create many partitions
+# Before parted-3.1, this would provoke an invalid free.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2012 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 $srcdir
+
+ss=$sector_size_
+
+ns=300
+n_partitions=128
+dev=dev-file
+start_sector=34
+
+# create a file large enough to hold a GPT partition table
+dd if=/dev/null of=$dev bs=$ss seek=$ns || framework_failure
+
+cmd=
+i=1
+while :; do
+ s=$((start_sector + i - 1))
+ cmd="$cmd mkpart p$i ${s}s ${s}s"
+ test $i = $n_partitions && break; i=$((i+1))
+done
+parted -m -a min -s $dev mklabel gpt $cmd u s p > out 2>&1 || fail=1
+
+nl='
+'
+exp=$(printf '%s\n' 'BYT;' "...:${ns}s:file:$ss:$ss:gpt:;")"$nl"
+
+i=1
+while :; do
+ s=$((start_sector + i - 1))
+ exp="$exp$i:${s}s:${s}s:1s::p$i:;$nl"
+ test $i = $n_partitions && break; i=$((i+1))
+done
+printf %s "$exp" > exp || fail=1
+
+sed '2s/^[^:]*:/...:/' out > k && mv k out
+compare exp out || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail