Refuses to create > 2048MB swapfile

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Binary package hint: dphys-swapfile

As far as I can tell, the maximum swap file size logic in the script is related to a long-gone bug in mkswap. mkswap will happily create files beyond 2GB now, and systems with well over 2GB RAM are common. The attached patch removes this logic. Tested successfully on on amd64 with XFS.

Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
dphys-swapfile:
  Installed: 20061020-1
  Candidate: 20061020-1
  Version table:
 *** 20061020-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[James Westby (james-w)]

Uploaded, thanks for your contribution.

James

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package dphys-swapfile - 20061020-1ubuntu1

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dphys-swapfile (20061020-1ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * applied patch from <email address hidden> to remove max swap file size
    logic (LP: #270180)

 -- Jim Qode <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:12:18 +0300

[Axel Beckert (xtaran)]

Hi,

the patch which removes the max swap file size logic from
dphys-swapfile will be removed with the next upload of dphys-swapfile
to Debian because it is harmful and mostly unnecessary:

a) Without that patch dphys-swapfile would not have gone havoc as
   reported in http://bugs.debian.org/564466

b) The maximum swap file size is configurable in /etc/dphys-swapfile.

c) The patch removed a useful feature (configurable max swap file size).

Nevertheless I will ensure that there is no limit to the swap file
size if MAXSWAP (or maybe CONF_MAXSWAP) is set to the empty string or
zero in "/etc/dphys-swapfile".

I'll also add information about the possibility to configure the max
swap size as well as the factor in "/etc/dphys-swapfile" to the man
page and will suggest to the upstream author to make both officially
configurable (i.e. starting with "CONF_").

 Regards, Axel (upcoming maintainer of dphys-swapfile in Debian)
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