Bug#372207: FHS commentary on this bug

2006-09-04 Thread Alasdair G Kergon
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 04:36:10PM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > However, if any of those predicates are untrue (i don't know lvm well > enough to know if this is the case), Cache is required for speed - tools can be very slow without it. Backup/archive are for recovery purposes - if you lo

Bug#372207: FHS commentary on this bug

2006-09-04 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
according to FHS 2.3 [0]: The contents of the root filesystem must be adequate to boot, restore, recover, and/or repair the system. if LVM is needed in the boot, /var is a separate partition, and LVM cannot operate without its cache, archives, and backups, it would seem that LVM must store