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Bug#567591: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64: kernel package should conflict with lvm2 package from Lenny



On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 12:40 +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
> Version: 2.6.32-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> I have just done an upgrade from Lenny to Testing.
> 
> When I ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" it aborted because it tried to upgrade udev
> first and the kernel wasn't new enough.  So I ran "apt-get install
> linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64" which worked but then it didn't recognise the
> LVM volumes.  I had to run "apt-get install lvm2" to get newer lvm modules to
> allow the kernel to mount an LVM based root filesystem.

I wasn't aware of this problem.  What is the failure mode?

> It seems that either the newer kernel packages should conflict with old
> versions of LVM, or the kernel should just work with the older LVM utilities.

A conflict could result in people accidentally removing lvm2, which we
really don't want.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Logic doesn't apply to the real world. - Marvin Minsky

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