Hi Bastian,

Michael Stapelberg <stapelb...@debian.org> writes:
> Bastian Blank <wa...@debian.org> writes:
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 08:49:02PM +0200, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
>>> Debian users who use systemd sometimes have trouble booting their
>>> machines (see e.g. http://bugs.debian.org/718190). Here at DebConf I had
>>> the chance to reproduce the issue and noticed that the lvm2 package does
>>> not ship the systemd generator that upstream provides.
>>
>> The init-script calls vgchange -ay. Why does this not work?
> Because the init script is called only once during boot, whereas new
> devices may also appear later. As an example, in the case that Vincent
> Bernat brought up, the lvm2 init script runs after the first hard disk
> is crypto-unlocked and available, but does not run again (obviously)
> after the second hard disk becomes crypto-unlocked (with a key file that
> is stored on the first one).
>
> systemd in general does things based on events and whenever appropriate,
> so this generator is required to make things work.
>
> I hope this clarifies, if not, please let me know. Thanks.
Nearly a week has passed without hearing anything from you. Was my
explanation not sufficient? Can I be of any help in moving this forward?

-- 
Best regards,
Michael


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