Package: mdadm
Version: 1.9.0-1
Severity: important
File: /sbin/mdrun
Justification: renders package unusable for D-I 2.6

Hi,

there is a problem with mdrun assuming devfs style names in
/proc/partitions when devfs support is available. With current 2.6.x
kernels the /proc/partitions file lists the standard names even with
devfs mounted. Subsequently mdrun will probe /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2,
... for raid superblocks and silently fail each time.

There are two easy ways out:

1. create any (missing?) device node (temporary?)
2. find a matching node in the /dev tree, warn if non found
   (create node when AUTOCREATE is set?)

Note that leaving a /dev/sda under devfs will make the D-I partitioner
show both /dev/scsi/... and /dev/sda, showing the drive twice.

MfG
        Goswin

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-frosties-1
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages mdadm depends on:
ii  debconf                     1.4.45       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  makedev                     2.3.1-76     creates device files in /dev

-- debconf information excluded


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