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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:41:12 +0100 |
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Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> Some of you may remember my problems with lvm after an update in |
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> http://www.archivum.info/gentoo-user@l.g.o/2008-04/msg00899.html |
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> I'm now headed back towards the same situation. I have a load of |
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> updates to do according to emerge -DNavu world but I've had to mask |
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> all upgraded versions of udev, mdadm and lvm as every time I upgrade |
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> them, it breaks my disk access. |
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> Whenever I upgrade these packages (I'm not which one of those 3 is |
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> actually to blame, and I don't want to chance it) I can no longer |
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> access the lvm volumes on my disks. I have no idea what is causing it. |
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> This means I cannot do a world update as those manually masked |
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> packages are blocking a lot of other packages. |
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> A few months on, is anyone able to shed light on why updating any of |
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> those 3 packages causes my system to be unbootable and my data to be |
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> inaccessible? |
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> I would really like to keep my system up to date, but as you can |
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> understand, I'm loathe to make changes that will give me a borked |
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> system yet again. |
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> Grateful for advice anyone can give as my system is now getting quite |
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> out of date. |
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> Thanks |
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> Matt Harrison |
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Which versions are you using, to which shall they be updated and on |
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which arch are you? Knowing emerge --info and your profile might also |
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help. |
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By the way: Did you report it as a bug? If not, I would certainly do so |
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if I were you. |
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