From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Andreas Dilger Message-Id: <200103130140.f2D1euw01293@webber.adilger.int> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problem with vgscan/ vgcfgrestore In-Reply-To: <20010313021438.A6401@cistron.nl> from Wichert Akkerman at "Mar 13, 2001 02:14:39 am" Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:40:56 -0700 (MST) Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Wichert writes: > > IOP was reverted to 10 because the 1 reason it was changed to 11 was > > removed (*). Having IOP 11 tools, when stock 2.4.x has IOP 10 is just > > asking for lots of bug reports, not to mention headaches for users. > > I figured that out by now. I think I'll add the LVM10 ioctls to > strace 4.4 actually :) That would be nice. > BTW, the current LVM tools violate the FHS by putting binaries in > /sbin/lvm-*/. Would you accept a patch to move that to /lib/lvm-*/ > instead? Why is FHS violated when binaries are in /sbin? In any case, I have my tools in /lib/lvm-iop10, and only the wrapper script in /sbin. If installed properly, the wrapper is < 1k, hardlinked to all tool names. I agree it is a bit of a mess with _all_ of the tools going into /sbin, when only a couple are needed@boot time. However, it does make life easier if you have trouble activating your LVs. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert