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From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: sys-fs/lvm2 question
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 06:47:47
Message-Id: 53F8390A.2030601@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] re: sys-fs/lvm2 question by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 On 08/22/2014 10:36 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
2 > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
3 > <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >> As I updated my system today, I noticed that 'sys-fs/lvm2' got updated
5 >> amongst other packages as well.
6 >>
7 >> I don't use LVM on my system.
8 >>
9 >> If I understand it correctly, 'sys-fs/lvm2' is a required dependency for
10 >> 'sys-fs/udisks/udisks-1.0.5-r1':
11 >>
12 >> equery d sys-fs/lvm2
13 >> * These packages depend on sys-fs/lvm2:
14 >> sys-block/parted-3.1-r1 (device-mapper ? >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45)
15 >> sys-boot/grub-2.00_p5107-r2 (device-mapper ? >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45)
16 >> sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5-r1 (>=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.66)
17 >> sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3 (cryptsetup ? sys-fs/lvm2[udev(+)])
18 >>
19 >> equery -q u sys-block/parted | grep device-mapper
20 >> -device-mapper
21 >>
22 >> equery -q u sys-boot/grub | grep device-mapper
23 >> -device-mapper
24 >>
25 >> equery -q u '=sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5-r1'
26 >> -debug
27 >> +nls
28 >> -remote-access
29 >>
30 >> $ equery -q u '=sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3' | grep cryptsetup
31 >> -cryptsetup
32 >>
33 >> /usr/portage/sys-fs/udisks/udisks-1.0.5-r1.ebuild:17,24
34 >> COMMON_DEPEND=">=dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.100
35 >> <snip>
36 >> >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.66
37 >>
38 >> What are my options, if I were to remove 'sys-fs/lvm2' altogether?
39 > Remove sys-fs/udisks:0, which depends unconditionally on LVM2; also,
40 > it's on life support, AFAIR. sys-fs/udisks:2 is actively maintained
41 > and it depends only conditionally on LVM2.
42 >
43 >> What would you recommend doing about it?
44 > What does depend on sys-fs/udisks? What's the output from "equery d
45 > sys-fs/udisks"? Most applications switched to udisks-2, but some are
46 > still stuck with udisks-1 (XMBC, now Kodi, comes to mind).
47 >
48 > If an application that you absolutely need requires sys-fs/udisks:0,
49 > then you will need LVM2 also.
50 >
51 > Regards.
52
53 Looks like I've got a couple of apps that do require udisks-1 to run:
54 equery d sys-fs/udisks
55 * These packages depend on sys-fs/udisks:
56 gnome-base/gvfs-1.20.2 (udisks ? >=sys-fs/udisks-1.97:2)
57 xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager-1.3.0 (udisks ? sys-fs/udisks:0)
58
59 So I'm going to have to keep lvm2 then.
60
61 Thanks.

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Re: [gentoo-user] re: sys-fs/lvm2 question "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>