Ubuntu
util-linux package

mkswap reports wrong uuid

Bug #61474 reported by Hervé Fache
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Bug Description

mkswap /dev/hda3
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2056314 kB
no label, UUID=a23404dd-da54-4776-99ca-04de898751ff

ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/ -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-20 14:00 07D6-0215 -> ../../hda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-20 14:00 0a0c8bdd-8022-4a14-a611-a0a15e059850 -> ../../hda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-20 14:00 5e9dc7c0-935d-4c33-94ed-5c9d9e704e02 -> ../../hda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-20 14:00 f1dc11a3-3682-4fbc-8072-2ef368d31ed6 -> ../../hda3

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Hervé Fache (rvfh) wrote :

Nop! Not mkswap's fault. The UUID is not updated in /dev/disk/by-uuid/ So it's udev's fault I presume...

After reboot, the UUID is correct:
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-21 09:49 07D6-0215 -> ../../hda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-21 09:49 0a0c8bdd-8022-4a14-a611-a0a15e059850 -> ../../hda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-21 09:49 5e9dc7c0-935d-4c33-94ed-5c9d9e704e02 -> ../../hda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-21 09:49 a23404dd-da54-4776-99ca-04de898751ff -> ../../hda3

Revision history for this message
Hervé Fache (rvfh) wrote : /dev/disk/by-uuid/ not updated on swap creation

Changed the title to be correct

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