[Bug 1079769] [NEW] cryptsetup attempts to get cannonical name of devices that have none

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In particuar, when cryptsetup tries to get the cannonical name of a swap
partition, and fails.

NOTE: This error is not only a problem wiith ubuntu:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=671056

ocurred on: upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 with:

cryptsetup:
  Installed: 2:1.4.3-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2:1.4.3-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.4.3-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

This error will occur every time  a program of the user calls update-
initramfs, which in turn calls cryptsetup

Technical error: 
cryptsetup: WARNING: Failed to get cannonical name of /dev/sda#
(Where # is partition number)

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


** Tags: cryptsetup error update-initramfs warning
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cryptsetup attempts to get cannonical name of devices that have none
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079769
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