GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 589555
moving a swap partition needlessly copies all "data" on it
Last modified: 2010-10-29 16:30:56 UTC
From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/401228 """ When moving a swap partition, gparted copies all the data from the old place to the new one. This is absolutely unneccessary ;-) """
This problem has been confirmed with GParted 0.4.5-git.
Enhancements to address this bug report have been committed to the git repository for inclusion in the next release of GParted (0.7.0). The relevant git commits can be viewed at the following links: Skip copy action because linux-swap does not contain data http://git.gnome.org/browse/gparted/commit/?id=42dafa2e6a1147a10acbe5f4179500fd10686105 Add virtual move method to FileSystem class http://git.gnome.org/browse/gparted/commit/?id=ca30f986f79eb97939176e24f6775cc6daed3c1a Skip move action because linux-swap contains no data (#589555) http://git.gnome.org/browse/gparted/commit/?id=232800d6cdd811390e4d901d127cf478b7d1999b
Hi Jan, I have attempted a solution to this problem twice in the past, but it wasn't until last night that I had a eureka moment and knew just what to do. It's amazing what the subconscious can do, even after more than a year from first looking into this problem. :-)
The enhancements to address this bug report have been included in GParted 0.7.0 which was released on October 29, 2010. Closing this bug report.