LUKS cryptsetup: file does not fit into a 512-byte sector

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LUKS cryptsetup: file does not fit into a 512-byte sector

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[PROBLEM]
Trying to mount a LUKS encrypted image file as loop device, I get the following error message when trying to map it using "losetup":
Warning: file does not fit into a 512-byte sector; the end of the file will be ignored.
[SOLUTION]
To be continued... :?
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