Bug#627077: mdadm: --grow --size=max documentation mismatch in manpage

[Philip Hands]

Package: mdadm
Version: 3.1.4-1+8efb9d1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

The current wording relating to the --grow --size option is incorrect:

   If this is not specified (as it normally is not) the
   smallest drive (or partition) sets the size, though if there is  a  variance  among  the
   drives of greater than 1%, a warning is issued.

If one issues the --size option without a parameter, it throws an error.  It would seem
that the text should read:

   One can specify the size as 'max' in order to use the size of the smallest
   drive (or partition). 
   If there is a variance among the drives of greater than 1%, a warning is issued.

BTW (I don't know if the 1% variance statement is true -- I've just keept that from the previous text.

Cheers, Phil.

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IMPORTANT:
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mdadm depends on:
ii  debconf                 1.5.36.1         Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-10        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  lsb-base                3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  udev                    164-3            /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

Versions of packages mdadm recommends:
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.72-6     lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii  module-init-tools             3.12-1     tools for managing Linux kernel mo

mdadm suggests no packages.

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