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--- Begin Message ---Package: mdadm Version: 2.5.2-9 Severity: wishlist Greetings, Using hostname, or using the super-minor, can result in some serious problems when attempting to assemble arrays. The hostname is a very poor choice as it's not uncommon for a machine which is being upgraded (ie: most of the hardware is being swapped out except, perhaps, the disks or external raid enclosures) to have the same hostname as the machine being replaced. The super-minor is also a poor choice due to potential overlaps which can happen pretty easily. Therefore, I would strongly encourage the use of UUID and thus the use of the mdadm.conf in the initrd. There is a potential that the mdadm.conf at the time of initrd creation doesn't match what the currently running system has. This may or may *not* be incorrect, however, depending on what the user is doing or what the user intends. As there would be some danger to having an incorrect mdadm.conf in the initrd, during initrd creation the contents of the mdadm.conf should be compared to the currently running system and the user notified if they differ. Acceptable options would include: Defer to the mdadm.conf with a strong warning Fail the initrd creation unless an override is provided Ignore the mdadm.conf with a strong warning, but provide override If the mdadm.conf is ignored then we can fall back to the other options which have been discussed. However, the user may *want* to change the booting root partition in which case there must exist a way to override and force mdadm.conf usage even if it differs from the currently running system. Failing the initrd may be dangerous because the user may not notice prior to reboot. Deferring to the mdadm.conf and issuing a warning may result in the warning being missed/ignored and an incorrect mdadm.conf causing problems during the initrd. Therefore, the 3rd option would probably be that of least suprise while still allowing the flexibility for those who know what they're doing to override the guess-and-pray fallback of hostname/super-minor. Thanks, Stephen
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--- Begin Message ---Source: mdadm Source-Version: 2.5.3.git200608202239-1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of mdadm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: mdadm-udeb_2.5.3.git200608202239-1_i386.udeb to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm-udeb_2.5.3.git200608202239-1_i386.udeb mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239-1.diff.gz to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239-1.diff.gz mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239-1.dsc to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239-1.dsc mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239-1_i386.deb to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239-1_i386.deb mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_2.5.3.git200608202239.orig.tar.gz A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated mdadm package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:25:22 +0100 Source: mdadm Binary: mdadm mdadm-udeb Architecture: source i386 Version: 2.5.3.git200608202239-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian mdadm maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: mdadm - tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) mdadm-udeb - tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) (udeb) Closes: 381057 381303 382263 382389 382450 382480 382876 383688 383806 383891 Changes: mdadm (2.5.3.git200608202239-1) unstable; urgency=low . * Tracking upstream git releases. - now the --run switch behaves as stated in the manpage. This properly fixes #287415 - new version-1 partitionable arrays are now named X instead of _dX (e.g. 0 instead of _d0) for device names like md_dX. I actually think this is a bug and hope upstream will use dX (e.g. d0) instead in a future version. - we specify --symlink=no and thus disable the new feature to create /dev/mdX symlinks to /dev/md/X devices until the entire device node mess is cleared up. No need to introduce yet another complicating factor at this stage. * Instead of trying to do a whole lot of magic with respect to detecting RAID devices to start, mdadm from now on requires a valid mdadm.conf file to be installed. It still tries to do what it can, but there are no heuristics anymore. See /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.upgrading-2.5.3 . * Removed the zero-superblock warning because we require the user to sign off the configuration file anyway. * This also enables us to use mdadm.conf from the initial ramdisk and thus closes: #381303. * In case the user chooses to assemble all arrays from the initial ramdisk, use the new homehost feature of mdadm (closes: #381057). This will start only those arrays belonging to the local system, unless it is the first run on a system, in which case it will start all arrays and mark them as belonging to the local system. * Improved the debconf control script: integrated error messages into the frontends, and made it a bit smarter. Error messages can now be translated, and the script checks whether the user's choice is listed in the configuration file and only proceeds if it is, or the user chooses to ignore that it is not. * mkconf can now take a generate/force-generate parameter to write directly to /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf. A second parameter specifies an alternate filename. * mkconf now outputs comments for the settings it suggests. * Removed all udev-related stuff. We must coexist with udev because there are setups that assemble arrays without mdadm, so the device nodes must be created by udev, if that is used. (closes: #382263, #382450, #383688, #383891, #383806, #382480) Staying at low urgency since these (RC) bugs only exist in unstable. * Now installs MD modules and mdadm/mdrun into initial ramdisk regardless of whether the hook script thinks there are devices to start. This was done to enable recovery from the initramfs shell. * Now uses 'MD' instead of 'RAID' consistently in all messages. * Now rebuilds initramfs for all installed kernels. * Now breaks the endless config loop only when the user does not see the question (see #381284, #381007). * Don't fail mdadm-raid when /dev is on a read-only filesystem (closes: #382876). * Updated debconf translations: - French by Florentin Duneau (closes: #382389). 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