On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:32:51 -0500, »Q« wrote: > > > use.local.desc:sys-fs/lvm2:device-mapper-only - Build only > > > device-mapper and not the rest of LVM2 (UNSUPPORTED) > > > > Aha! > > > > So the choice is between an unsupported configuration or installing a > > handful of binaries that you will never use. Unless space was an > > issue, there's about 6MB difference, I'd go with the latter, although > > UNSUPPORTED != DOESNOTWORK > > My guess is that 'unsupported' in this case means upstream won't bother > to make sure the partial installation will continue to work. If it > ever does break, I'd expect the Gentoo maintainers to force the flag > off.
Agreed, it basically means it works for now but no guarantees in the future, which should make it reasonably safe to enable the flag now. Although I'd be wary of doing that if the OS is installed on an encrypted filesystem. -- Neil Bothwick If at first you don't succeed you'll get lots of advice.
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