[Bug 1083680] Re: lvm man pages are confusing when it comes to units

2013-02-10 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
I guess the bug is more about making sure the manpages are consistent and a bit more explicit that base 2 units are used throughout. I agree that behaviour of lvm2 tools w.r.t. sizes should not change. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

Re: [Bug 1083680] Re: lvm man pages are confusing when it comes to units

2013-02-10 Thread Alasdair G. Kergon
Output is configurable as described. Input always uses 512 or 1024 as most people would expect: I rejected patches to change this upstream when this last came up for discussion several years ago for multiple reasons amply covered in the ubuntu wiki URL and comments you linked to. Alasdair -- Yo

[Bug 1083680] Re: lvm man pages are confusing when it comes to units

2013-02-10 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
Please note that lvm2 must preserve backwards compatibility as per Units Policy Exceptions section: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnitsPolicy#Exception ** Changed in: lvm2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is