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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 23:35:33 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > > Why isn't device-mapper it's own package‽ One which LVM depends |
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> > No idea, but I'd guess it's got something to do with not reinventing |
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> > the wheel. From a maintenance point of view, a USE flag would be less |
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> > effort than two packages. |
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> > > Multi-Path (as in dm-multipath) can easily be used without LVM. |
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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 USE="device-mapper-only |
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-thin" and it installed the device-mapper stiff but none of the lvm |
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executables, which seems to be exactly what is wanted. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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If Yoda so strong in force is, why words in right order he cannot put? |