commit: 6ce13f51e67b46a941ecda627a2d53f999575ee0 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Tue Dec 20 20:40:17 2022 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue Dec 20 20:40:17 2022 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=6ce13f51
2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags: explicitly mention partitions for USE=lvm Prompted by forums discussion at https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1159925.html. Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> .../2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags.en.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags.en.txt b/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags.en.txt index b3edf5d..9be2830 100644 --- a/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags.en.txt +++ b/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags.en.txt @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ you will lose LVM2 (but not device-mapper!) functionality, so enable it in your config if your boot configuration depends on it or if you depend on any of the lvm2-* daemons. +If you use LVM2 for any partitions, or if you use tools like 'lvchange', you +should enable USE=lvm. + Furthermore, we have considered other default enabled USE flags too, and have come to the conclusion that USE=+thin makes even less sense than USE=+lvm. Thin-provisioned LVM volumes are an important use case in certain VM hosting @@ -26,5 +29,6 @@ scenarios, but unlikely to be relevant for the large majority of Gentoo users. In summary: - Enable USE="lvm" if you use lvm2 (but not needed for device-mapper) as described above. + This includes using LVM for any partitions. - Enable USE="lvm thin" if you use thin as described above. - If you don't know what LVM2 is, you don't need to take any action.
