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On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Alexander Kapshuk |
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<alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> As I updated my system today, I noticed that 'sys-fs/lvm2' got updated |
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> amongst other packages as well. |
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> I don't use LVM on my system. |
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> If I understand it correctly, 'sys-fs/lvm2' is a required dependency for |
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> 'sys-fs/udisks/udisks-1.0.5-r1': |
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> |
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> equery d sys-fs/lvm2 |
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> * These packages depend on sys-fs/lvm2: |
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> sys-block/parted-3.1-r1 (device-mapper ? >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45) |
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> sys-boot/grub-2.00_p5107-r2 (device-mapper ? >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45) |
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> sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5-r1 (>=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.66) |
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> sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3 (cryptsetup ? sys-fs/lvm2[udev(+)]) |
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> |
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> equery -q u sys-block/parted | grep device-mapper |
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> -device-mapper |
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> |
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> equery -q u sys-boot/grub | grep device-mapper |
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> -device-mapper |
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> |
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> equery -q u '=sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5-r1' |
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> -debug |
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> +nls |
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> -remote-access |
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> $ equery -q u '=sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3' | grep cryptsetup |
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> -cryptsetup |
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> /usr/portage/sys-fs/udisks/udisks-1.0.5-r1.ebuild:17,24 |
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> COMMON_DEPEND=">=dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.100 |
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> <snip> |
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> >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.66 |
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> What are my options, if I were to remove 'sys-fs/lvm2' altogether? |
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Remove sys-fs/udisks:0, which depends unconditionally on LVM2; also, |
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it's on life support, AFAIR. sys-fs/udisks:2 is actively maintained |
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and it depends only conditionally on LVM2. |
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> What would you recommend doing about it? |
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What does depend on sys-fs/udisks? What's the output from "equery d |
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sys-fs/udisks"? Most applications switched to udisks-2, but some are |
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still stuck with udisks-1 (XMBC, now Kodi, comes to mind). |
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If an application that you absolutely need requires sys-fs/udisks:0, |
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then you will need LVM2 also. |
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Regards. |
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-- |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |