Public bug reported: Binary package hint: swapd
This package is from 2000 and the man page was never updated given changes in the linux kernel. It was definitely once true that swap partitions were faster than swap files, but Linux patched this up a very long time ago. Here is a fair discussion on the matter from 4.5 years ago: http://lwn.net/Articles/104457/ I believe the second paragraph is false: "On systems that have constant need for virtual memory it would still be wise to use a swap partition in parallel with dynamic swapping, since swap partitions provide much faster access than swap files." Can we remove the second paragraph from the description of the package? ** Affects: swapd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- The description of the package file is incorrect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382499 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
