MyISAM blocks index usage for bulk insert into zero-records tables.
See ha_myisam::start_bulk_insert() lines from
...
    if (file->state->records == 0 ...
...

That causes problems for partition engine when some partitions have records some not
as the engine uses same access method for all partitions.

Now partition engine doesn't call index_first/index_last
for empty tables.

per-file comments:
  mysql-test/r/partition.result
        Bug#38005 Partitions: error with insert select.
        test result

  mysql-test/t/partition.test
        Bug#38005 Partitions: error with insert select.
        test case

  sql/ha_partition.cc
        Bug#38005 Partitions: error with insert select.
        ha_engine::index_first and
        ha_engine::index_last not called for empty tables.