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Bug#436964: Bug in 2.4 kernels with latest lvm2



reassign 436964 lvm2
thanks

On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 03:23:39PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 07:42:59PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On 8/9/07, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
> > > Etch userspace packages are expected to be compatible with the 2.4 kernels
> > > in sarge.  In cases where they aren't this is a bug in etch, not in sarge;
> > > even if someone was inclined to do an ABI-changing, oldstable upload of the
> > > 2.4 kernel for a non-security bug, there's no guarantee at all that users
> > > will install that package before attempting an upgrade to etch, so the only
> > > reliable way to deal with the problem is on the etch side.

> The kernel misscalculates the necessary space. It is not possible to fix
> this from userspace as it doesn't return anything in this case.

The fix is to avoid depending on such historically broken interfaces when
running on legacy kernels.

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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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