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On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:36:50 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > > > Which is why the USE flag exists, to avoid installing LVM. |
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> > > But it's not supported. |
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> > In what way. I've just tried emerging lvm2 with |
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> > USE="device-mapper-only -thin" and it installed the device-mapper |
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> > stiff but none of the lvm executables, which seems to be exactly what |
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> > is wanted. |
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> use.local.desc:sys-fs/lvm2:device-mapper-only - Build only |
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> device-mapper and not the rest of LVM2 (UNSUPPORTED) |
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Aha! |
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So the choice is between an unsupported configuration or installing a |
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handful of binaries that you will never use. Unless space was an issue, |
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there's about 6NB difference, I'd go with the latter, although |
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UNSUPPORTED != DOESNOTWORK |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I've got a Mickey Mouse PC with a Goofy operating system. |
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