On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 12:20:05PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > This means that even if the vg is and remains active throughout, there > is a moment when the symlink is missing. Any other program on the > system which is referring to that lv may see this glitch and > misbehave. Yep - vgmknodes looks to do that:-(
> The patch below fixes this. It now does this instead: > symlink to /dev/<vg>/<lv>..tmp I suggest using a different temp name - one outside the LV namespace: Someone might have an LV already called <lv>..tmp. lib/misc/lvm-string.c:validate_name() use a char outside a-zA-Z0-9._+- or prefix with - Alasdair -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
