Bug#403687: lvm2: several issues with devmapper devices

[Frans Pop]

Package: lvm2
Version: 2.02.06-3
Severity: serious

There are currently at least two reports floating around that seem to have 
the same root cause: the way devmapper devices are created for lvm 
partitions. The relevant reports are:
http://bugs.debian.org/401393 (currently against lilo)
http://bugs.debian.org/402511 (currently against lvm-common)

These recent issues seem to have been triggered by a recent change in udev 
on request of the Gnome team:
http://bugs.debian.org/392623

Although this is a lot older, it seems related:
http://bugs.debian.org/343671

Similar issues are also seen in other distributions:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=178321
which has a possible patch in comment 28:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=102957

IMO the issues listed above together are serious enough that they should 
be fixed, or at least addressed, before the release of Etch.
I'm filing the BR against lvm2 as that is the package most responsible for 
the lvm setup in Debian, though fixing this probably involves udev as 
well.

IMO 401393 and 402511 are serious enough that reverting the change from 
392623 should be considered as one option.

Cheers,
FJP
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