recent lvm.conf change in ubuntu/lucid breaks FAI setup-storage

Waldemar Brodkorb fai at waldemar-brodkorb.de
Wed Mar 3 08:16:30 CET 2010


Hi Michael,
Michael Tautschnig wrote,

> > Hi FAI Developers,
> > 
> > recently Ubuntu changed the default lvm.conf file, they now use
> > following:
> > -----
> >     # Since version 2.02.54, the tools distinguish between powers of
> >     # 1024 bytes (e.g. KiB, MiB, GiB) and powers of 1000 bytes (e.g.
> >     # KB, MB, GB).
> >     # If you have scripts that depend on the old behaviour, set this to 0
> >     # temporarily until you update them.
> >     si_unit_consistency = 1
> > -----
> > 
> > This breaks setup-storage. Attached patch fixed it for me.
> > But I think it will be semantical incorrect if someone uses new
> > lvm-tools with si_unit_consistency equal 0.
> > 
> > Any idea for a better fix?
> > 
> 
> [...]
> 
> This has already been fixed in the experimental builds, see also
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=568794
> 
> The patch does more or less what you proposed to change; I just tried to make it
> slightly easier later on to also distinguish GiB/GB once also parted and all the
> other tools go for correct units handling.

Where can I find the sources to the experimental binary debs? I
haven't seen any branch in the subversion repository nor a deb-src
line works for me. I just want to do some changes on top of the
experimental stuff. (squashfs images as config space)

bye
 Waldemar



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