Package: lvm2 Version: 2.02.06-2 Severity: normal The persistent major/minor numbers are silently ignored. Here is a state of the system before an attempt to create a LVM volume with persistent major and minor:
home:~# ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 2006-06-30 21:03 control brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 0 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-boot brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 8 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-etch brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 4 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-etchroot brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 5 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-home brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 2 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-lfs brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 7 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-lfs--install brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 1 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-oldhome brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 3 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-swaplv brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 6 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-vm Now I attempt to create a test volume that should receive a minor number 20: home:~# lvcreate -M y --major 254 --minor 20 -L 1 -n test mainvg File descriptor 3 left open File descriptor 5 left open File descriptor 7 left open Rounding up size to full physical extent 4,00 MB Logical volume "test" created Result: home:~# ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 2006-06-30 21:03 control brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 0 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-boot brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 8 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-etch brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 4 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-etchroot brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 5 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-home brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 2 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-lfs brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 7 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-lfs--install brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 1 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-oldhome brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 3 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-swaplv brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 9 2006-07-10 18:44 mainvg-test brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 6 2006-07-10 17:51 mainvg-vm The minor is 9, not 20! Bug. BTW I am not sure about "normal" severity. This can potentially lead to data loss (overwriting a different LVM volume than intended) if one puts swap on LVM and attempts setting up software suspend on that volume. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages lvm2 depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.2 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdevmapper1.02 2:1.02.07-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libncurses5 5.5-2 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline5 5.1-7 GNU readline and history libraries ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries ii libsepol1 1.12-1 Security Enhanced Linux policy lib ii lvm-common 1.5.20 The Logical Volume Manager for Lin lvm2 recommends no packages. -- debconf information: lvm2/snapshots: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
