Bug#409435: linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64: old version of libdevmapper1.02 installed == eat filesystem on pvmove
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:35:32AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> > it's just not release-critical, as you suggested in your bug severity.
> I never suggested it was release-critical. reportbug suggested to use
> critical because:
> 1 critical makes unrelated software on the system (or the whole system)
> break, or causes serious data loss, or introduces a security hole on
> systems where you install the package.
> which is certainly true. if reportbug is mistaken, do you know a better
> wording and do you think I should report this agains reportbug so it can
> be fixed, if critical, in fact, means something else.
I don't disagree with the definition reportbug uses for critical, there are
just some nuances that aren't easy to express in a short description like
that. Like, for instance, the fact that it's not a kernel bug alone which
causes dataloss, but a combination of a kernel bug together with a broken,
unsupported version of devmapper.
Cheers,
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