#128 Issue closed: mkswap fails for RHEL/CentOS 5¶
Labels: bug
cal-s opened issue at 2012-07-23 12:59:¶
/USR/layout/prepare/GNU/Linux/14_include_swap_code.sh sets the mkswap command as "mkswap -U" . However, this fails for RHEL/CentOS5, whose mkswap command doesn't accept "-U" as an argument
dagwieers commented at 2012-07-23 22:24:¶
Yes, I can confirm that on RHEL5/CentOS-5 blkid provides UUID
information, but that mkswap cannot create swap partitions with a
specific UID.
The solution here is to check the mkswap version using our features
framework and based on the version add the -U option where possible.
Only during broad distribution tests we can be sure this implementation
suffices.
- RHEL6: mkswap (util-linux-ng 2.17.2) does have -U
- RHEL5: mkswap (util-linux 2.13-pre7) does not have -U
- RHEL4: mkswap from util-linux-2.12a does not have -U
According to the util-linux changelog (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.14/v2.14-rc1-ChangeLog) this was added since v2.14-rc1 (or probably better to use versions newer than 2.13.1.1).
dagwieers commented at 2012-07-24 13:20:¶
Please test and reopen ticket if issue still exists.
cal-s commented at 2012-07-26 14:44:¶
As of rear-1.13.0-156-gc350905, i have not seen a repeat of this error
[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]