Package: partman
Version: 68
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

this patch adds an entry for /dev/loop/* to the humandev function which
shows loop devices as "Loopback (loop%d)". Something like this would be
useful to have for the loop-AES support in partman-crypto.

cheers,
Max

Index: debian/partman.templates
===================================================================
--- debian/partman.templates    (Revision 29310)
+++ debian/partman.templates    (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@
 Type: text
 _Description: LVM VG %s, LV %s
 
+Template: partman/text/loopback
+Type: text
+_Description: Loopback (loop%d)
+
 Template: partman/text/cancel_menu
 Type: text
 _Description: Cancel this menu
Index: definitions.sh
===================================================================
--- definitions.sh      (Revision 29310)
+++ definitions.sh      (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -554,6 +554,11 @@
            db_metaget partman/text/lvm_lv description
            printf "$RET" $vg $lv
            ;;
+       /dev/loop/*)
+           n=${1#/dev/loop/}
+           db_metaget partman/text/loopback description
+           printf "$RET" $n
+           ;;
        *)
            # Check if it's an LVM1 device
            vg=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's,/dev/\([^/]\+\).*,\1,'`

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