Bug#436964: Bug in 2.4 kernels with latest lvm2

[Bastian Blank]

reassign 436964 kernel-source-2.4.27
thanks

On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 07:42:59PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On 8/9/07, Steve Langasek <vorlon at 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.

Bastian

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