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From: Gang He <GHe@suse.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] devices/dir configuration option	in	/etc/lvm/lvm.conf can be edited?
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 02:19:17 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CH2PR18MB3206671AFA3354070E908D85CF930@CH2PR18MB3206.namprd18.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191014131943.GA1058@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com>

Hi Alasdair,

Thank for comments.
That means we should update the comments to the latest, this can help to tell the user "this is advanced option".

Thanks
Gang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com
> [mailto:linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alasdair G Kergon
> Sent: 2019��10��14�� 21:20
> To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] devices/dir configuration option in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
> can be edited?
> 
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 10:52:02AM +0000, Gang He wrote:
> > That means we should tell the user, you should not edit this option (dir =
> "/dev") in the lvm.conf, right?
> 
> The existing comment is incomplete and should be updated to mention the
> other effects.  The option pre-dates udev and so the "newer"
> interlocking there ought to be mentioned.  The description of 'advanced'
> could also be updated to explain that that means you should not change it
> unless you know exactly what you are doing!  The option exists to simplify
> some development, test and support scenarios where you want to have two or
> more distinct userspace LVM instances running on a single machine.  For
> example, to try to reproduce a certain type of user-reported bug you might set
> up a temporary /dev in a non-default location with contents that match that
> user's system and point the tools at that using this option.
> 
> Alasdair
> 
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      reply	other threads:[~2019-10-15  2:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-14  8:00 [linux-lvm] devices/dir configuration option in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf can be edited? Gang He
2019-10-14 10:39 ` Zdenek Kabelac
2019-10-14 10:52   ` Gang He
2019-10-14 10:55     ` Zdenek Kabelac
2019-10-14 13:19     ` Alasdair G Kergon
2019-10-15  2:19       ` Gang He [this message]

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