Hi Steve,
thanks for the bug report.
Steve Schnepp wrote:
> The setup subcommand uses fallocate(1) which sometimes creates spare
> files. Those cannot be used for swapfiles as "swapon" will fail with
> "swapfile has holes".
>
> Always using dd instead of fallocate seems better as it ensures the
> generated swapfile is valid. The fact that it takes more time than
> fallocate is also a good thing, since it done synchronously.
Using fallocate is a Debian-specific patch as this has been requested
by a Debian user. This issue can be fixed by just droppping that patch.
> * this bug is subtly different from #906767.
No, it is _totally_ different from #906767. Completely unrelated, too.
Regards, Axel
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