Bug#275586: partman-lvm: /dev/md/* software RAID partitions should be able to be marked as LVM PV's

[Alex Owen <owen@cus.org.uk>]

Package: partman-lvm
Severity: wishlist

Hi,
Here are a few code fragments that allow the software RAID /dev/md/
partitions to be marked up as LVM PV's

patch fragments generated from
debian-installer/packages/partman/partman-lvm/

Index: choose_method/lvm/choices
===================================================================
--- choose_method/lvm/choices   (revision 22848)
+++ choose_method/lvm/choices   (working copy)
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 cd $dev

  lvm=no
  +if cat $dev/model | grep "Software RAID device" >/dev/null  ; then
  +    lvm=yes
  +fi
   open_dialog VALID_FLAGS $id
    while { read_line flag; [ "$flag" ]; }; do
         if [ "$flag" = lvm ]; then
Index: init.d/lvm
===================================================================
--- init.d/lvm  (revision 22848)
+++ init.d/lvm  (working copy)
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@

     for id in $partitions; do
             lvm=no
	     +       if pvdisplay $(cat $dev/device) >/dev/null 2>&1 ;
	     then
	     +           lvm=yes
	     +       fi
	             open_dialog GET_FLAGS $id
		             while { read_line flag; [ "$flag" ]; }; do
			                 if [ "$flag" = lvm ]; then
					 


This solves "half the battle" of LVM on Software RAID
bug #245704 tracks the other "half" of the problem(making lvmcfg read
the lvm "markers" we allow to be set here).

Alex Owen


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (400, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C