Bug#543163: Bug#687761: pu: package lvm2/2.02.66-5+squeeze1

[Andreas Beckmann]

Hi Pierre,

long ago you had reported #543163 lvm2: Please don't depend on udev
http://bugs.debian.org/543163

Unfortunately the fix included in squeeze was incomplete (and you
promptly reopened the bug) as the dependencies in the init script were
not adjusted accordingly.

I'd like to get this fixed in the next stable point release, but we need
some confirmation that lvm2/squeeze actually works without udev if we
just downgrade the udev dependency in the init script. And I can't
easily set up such a system and afaict nobody else has one running ...

Are you still running the server you mentioned at that time?
Is it running squeeze?
Is it running without udev?
Does it actively use lvm2?
How did you fix the lvm2 init script?
 [ ] remove udev from Required-Start ?
 [ ] install the fixed lvm2 from wheezy?
 [ ] install udev?

Andreas

On 2013-02-15 19:04, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 21:04 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
>> After reading all the related bug reports again, it looks like lvm2 is
>> actually intended to work well even without udev running and this has
>> been implemented in wheezy via fixing the init script dependencies. So
>> let us backport this change to squeeze.
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't know how to actually test that lvm2 works in a
>> udev-free squeeze. But the installation problems are gone with this
>> change.
> 
> That's certainly a good start. At least some hint that it actually works
> would be good though; maybe the maintainers (CCed) have some input here?