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authorRepository mirror & CI <repomirrorci@gentoo.org>2022-12-20 20:44:15 +0000
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parent2022-12-20 20:17:09 UTC (diff)
parent2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags: explicitly mention partitions for USE=lvm (diff)
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--- a/metadata/news/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags/2022-11-19-lvm2-default-USE-flags.en.txt
+++ b/metadata/news/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.