Bug#493078: "dmsetup export" uses different syntax than multipath upstream

[Guido Günther]

Package: dmsetup
Version: 2:1.02.27-3
Severity: wishlist

Hi,
the kpartx udev rules have:

ENV{DM_TABLE_STATE}!="LIVE", GOTO="kpartx_end"

which works with the export patch SuSE, Ubuntu and the other distros
use. Debian's very own dmesetup patch (in contrast to the
originally proposed patch) exports:

DM_TABLE_LIVE=1

instead of

DM_TABLE_STATE=LIVE

This can be fixed easily within multipath-tools but I wonder why we have
to divert from other distros in these details? Are there any technical
reasons?
Cheers,
 -- Guido