[Bug 1999489] [NEW] Ubuntu 22.04.1 installation "forgets" to remove swap partition (of 16.04)

[Hermann Freudenmann]

Public bug reported:

I installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 on a disk that contained 16.04.
During the installation I selected "Overwrite 16.04" (it was named similarly).
The installation worked fine except for one thing:

The swap partition of 16.04 was not deleted, even though Ubuntu 22.04
uses a swap file and not a swap partition. So the swap partition wastes
disk space.

The problem description probably applies to all Ubuntu versions (or
Linux distributions?) that include a swap partition (hint: does an LTS
upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 keep the swap partition from 16.04?).


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** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Ubuntu 22.04.1 installation "forgets" to remove swap partition (of
  16.04)

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 on a disk that contained 16.04.
  During the installation I selected "Overwrite 16.04" (it was named similarly).
  The installation worked fine except for one thing:

  The swap partition of 16.04 was not deleted, even though Ubuntu 22.04
  uses a swap file and not a swap partition. So the swap partition
  wastes disk space.

  The problem description probably applies to all Ubuntu versions (or
  Linux distributions?) that include a swap partition (hint: does an LTS
  upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 keep the swap partition from 16.04?).

  
  Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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