Package: lvm2 Version: 2.02.39-2 Severity: wishlist -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
I recently had a problem that involved being dropped into the emergency shell of the initramfs: the rootfs was on lvm on a raid array that was not properly detected during boot. I was able to use mdadm to get the raid going, but I was then not immediately able to get lvm going because the only readily available lvm command was /sbin/vgchange, which on it's own was not sufficient. I remembered that all the lvm commands are just symlinks to the single lvm binary, so I just created a link from /sbin/lvm to /sbin/vgchange and was then able to have access to the rest of the commands, but this seemed like a bit of unnecessary work. I would like to propose that links for all lvm commands get created in the initramfs. I believe that it would only increase the size of the initramfs by less than 1kbyte, and would prove very useful in situations like I describe above. I assume the needed changes would only have to be made to /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/lvm2, but since I am unfamiliar with the initramfs-tools hooks, I am hesitant to propose a patch myself. Thanks for maintaining such an important package. - -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/Si APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages lvm2 depends on: ii libc6 2.7-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libreadline5 5.2-3 GNU readline and history libraries lvm2 recommends no packages. Versions of packages lvm2 suggests: ii dmsetup 2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use - -- debconf information excluded -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJJBS4bAAoJEO00zqvie6q8e6AP/0DRy3feG7bQLr0hAsQjKksN LxVtq+e1NtDD451QnE/j1kLucKi6jMtb+vcSPBYxCEU6lUBHlOebq8FLVO3TssTH e4kUyy+OpzsZRXfusjo34HctQ3H34YgCC/ABk//qyhp+iFZbTipLS0/57X3oWsaD N9yFPUpQuHwQpQqPel1Bq8hSNTOeKPc49K5BMS6AX9sxOJ5pTo3aFFLs5kMlLmmM KRWYS37/3da+wHb9NTNwh2rJNB1oKGwSqUPNgPyKcenwjcuiem3oeXa4n100A0vm Ox0HLi0a47mqb98vuhTv/xPJ6D6EWnVN+n3gSBSqGQ9+pVnw7pXaSDjpGt/9n+ZK HHrjsNFJk5vbMRsMS7/apgRcCTi+YoHeFFT59E2VDh06r/kWPb5u2J7YSs+tkfDq uLcb3LmYSfto4MfZR4f/UvCpiGvuAwYFw3ctWdOikVnnmE7KbkggIKwFhq/Irdx1 bx1FNcj6Dkz12Y5X0p5Uhnr6haY7B1nUhKrHIUgZyKBn2eTNY2M0kpLDzTpg7cai QypZSGWComrL1ad55II0lxvK7hUFDseCuncTy94GWt7z9Bn3pefvUYd0tSwcxHKD Q3U5FDwHIrikKy7mCE0GaLm1jSWAZrXiVsaMa62G1oQ0xkXsKHL7Nn5zV3bagX5w aaPAGsUVzll3pUiWEHJK =Y6aA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
