The patch looks good. Although as /dev/hda seems to be unused it probably won't affect anyone. It would be nice to get this Debian bug closed before it turns 4.
On Sun, 13 May 2012, Petr Uzel <petr.u...@suse.cz> wrote: > Currently, mkswap does not allow swap to be created on /dev/hda and > /dev/hdb. There is no reason why /dev/hda and /dev/hdb should be treated > differently. > > Addresses: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=491021 > Cc: Russell Coker <russ...@coker.com.au> > Signed-off-by: Petr Uzel <petr.u...@suse.cz> > --- > disk-utils/mkswap.c | 5 ----- > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.c b/disk-utils/mkswap.c > index c7dedd7..dec34e1 100644 > --- a/disk-utils/mkswap.c > +++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.c > @@ -596,13 +596,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) { > exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > } > > - /* Want a block device. Probably not /dev/hda or /dev/hdb. */ > if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)) > check=0; > - else if (statbuf.st_rdev == 0x0300 || statbuf.st_rdev == 0x0340) > - errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error: " > - "will not try to make swapdevice on '%s'"), > - device_name); > else if (is_mounted(device_name)) > errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error: " > "%s is mounted; will not make swapspace."), -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
