On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 16:05 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 11:05:09AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I'm thinking of trying LVM on one of my Etch machines and I look for > > packages in the Etch repository. I see clvm, lvm-common, lvm2, and the > > virtual package, lvm-binaries. Looks easy, but the text description > > for lvm-common contains the following: > > > > <quote> ... You need to install in addition one of lvm5, lvm6, or > > lvm10. > > </quote> > > > > There are no such packages in the repository. I suppose lvm2 is the > > successor to all these packages, and the description is simply out > > of date, but I'd like confirmation before I do something the might > > turn out to be a big mistake. > > > $ COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l |grep -i lvm > ii lvm-common 1.5.20 The Logical Volume Manager for Linux (common files) > ii lvm2 2.02.06-4 The Linux Logical Volume Manager > > Everything works like a charm here. If you install lvm2, it will pull > in lvm-common as a dependency. If you upgrade to SID, lvm-common conflicts with lvm2. From what I understand, this is intentional as lvm1(any version) is to be dropped. Though lvm2 can deal with lvm1 stuff, I believe it want so update the meta to v2. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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