Bug#705920: closed by martin f krafft <madduck at debian.org> (Re: Bug#705920: "mdadm --scan" called for "dpkg-reconfigure mdadm", even though mdadm is disabled)

[Harald Dunkel]

On 04/22/13 14:30, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
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> #705920: "mdadm --scan" called for "dpkg-reconfigure mdadm", even though mdadm is disabled
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> It has been closed by martin f krafft <madduck at debian.org>.
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Scanning unknown block devices can have ugly side effects,
e.g. when using drbd. On the standby the partition looks
idle, but it is not.

Would it be possible to provide a way to suppress
the unwanted scan at install/reconfigure time?

Please reopen; this issue is still unresolved.


Many thanx
Harri


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