As I updated my system today, I noticed that 'sys-fs/lvm2' got updated
amongst other packages as well.

I don't use LVM on my system.

If I understand it correctly, 'sys-fs/lvm2' is a required dependency for
'sys-fs/udisks/udisks-1.0.5-r1':

equery d sys-fs/lvm2
 * These packages depend on sys-fs/lvm2:
sys-block/parted-3.1-r1 (device-mapper ? >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45)
sys-boot/grub-2.00_p5107-r2 (device-mapper ? >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45)
sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5-r1 (>=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.66)
sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3 (cryptsetup ? sys-fs/lvm2[udev(+)])

equery -q u sys-block/parted | grep device-mapper
-device-mapper

equery -q u sys-boot/grub | grep device-mapper
-device-mapper

equery -q u '=sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5-r1'
-debug
+nls
-remote-access

$ equery -q u '=sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3' | grep cryptsetup
-cryptsetup

/usr/portage/sys-fs/udisks/udisks-1.0.5-r1.ebuild:17,24
COMMON_DEPEND=">=dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.100
<snip>
    >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.66

What are my options, if I were to remove 'sys-fs/lvm2' altogether?

What would you recommend doing about it?

Thanks.


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