Debian Bug report logs - #424989
local swap option should scan LVM as well as normal partitions

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joshua Pritikin <joshua@nirmalvihar.info>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: local swap option should scan LVM as well as normal partitions

Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 15:54:34 +0530

Package: ltsp-client
Version: 0.99debian11
Severity: wishlist

Currently sfdisk is used to search for local swap. I'd like to swap
to an LVM logical volume. Perhaps it would be possible to scan
/proc/partitions instead of using sfdisk.

Sorry, I am not in a position to offer a patch.

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Message #10 received at 424989@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: vagrant@freegeek.org

To: Joshua Pritikin <joshua@nirmalvihar.info>, 424989@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#424989: local swap option should scan LVM as well as normal partitions

Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 01:15:07 -0700

tags 424989 wontfix
thanks

On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 03:54:34PM +0530, Joshua Pritikin wrote:
> Currently sfdisk is used to search for local swap. I'd like to swap
> to an LVM logical volume. Perhaps it would be possible to scan
> /proc/partitions instead of using sfdisk.

unfortunately, /proc/partitions does not provide information about which
partitions are swap partitions. the current code relies on the partition
type being set to swap.

i'm hesitant to implement a feature that scans each and every device for
a swap signature(which wouldn't even work if encrypted swap was used),
which would be required to look for lvm devices. obviously, lvm related
tools would also have to be present for any such code to work.

> Sorry, I am not in a position to offer a patch.

without a patch, and the above concerns, i'm marking this as wontfix.

if someone can come up with an elegant patch that addresses the above
concerns, of course it would be reconsidered.

live well,
  vagrant

Message #17 received at 424989-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: vagrant@freegeek.org

To: 424989-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: local swap option should scan LVM as well as normal partitions

Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:06:15 -0700

Version: 5.1.3-1

as this bug is nearly a year old without likely progress on the horizon,
i'm closing this bug. please re-open if there are new ideas how to
simply detect LVM swap partitions.

live well,
  vagrant

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