Bug#572820: dmsetup: Man page broken, does not give full argument syntax

[Arno Wagner]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 09:13:49PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> severity 572820 normal
> thanks
> 
> On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 09:59:28PM +0100, Debian User wrote:
> > The man page for demsetup fails to describe arguments,
> > such as the "--showkeys" in "dmsetup table --showkeys".
> > >From what I gather this seems to be a pass-through
> > argument to the dm-crypt target, i.e. dmsetup can take 
> > target specific oprtions without mentioning the target 
> > device. THIS URGENTLY NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED! 
> 
> Why?

Because this functionality is vitaly needed in some situations,
and without it being documented in the man-page the only
way to find out it is there is to ask somebody who knows. 
That is not enough, unless it has become policy to hide
vital information and force people to read the source to find
out what things can do, like in the bad old days...

It is fixed upstream by now though.

Arno
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