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authorSam James <sam@gentoo.org>2022-12-20 20:38:05 +0000
committerSam James <sam@gentoo.org>2022-12-20 20:38:50 +0000
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sys-fs/lvm2: elaborate on USE=lvm description
Prompted by forums discussion at https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1159925.html. Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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-rw-r--r--sys-fs/lvm2/metadata.xml6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys-fs/lvm2/metadata.xml b/sys-fs/lvm2/metadata.xml
index 4b0432c6a256..e668a8bb6fae 100644
--- a/sys-fs/lvm2/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-fs/lvm2/metadata.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
<use>
<flag name="lvm2create-initrd">Install lvm2create_initrd script and pull in <pkg>sys-apps/makedev</pkg> for the /sbin/MAKEDEV command</flag>
<flag name="thin">Support for thin volumes</flag>
- <flag name="lvm">Build all of LVM2, not just device-mapper</flag>
+ <flag name="lvm">
+ Build all of LVM2 including daemons and tools like lvchange, not just the device-mapper library (for other packages to use).
+
+ If your system uses LVM2 for managing disks and partitions, enable this flag.
+ </flag>
<flag name="sanlock">Enable lvmlockd with support for sanlock</flag>
</use>
<upstream>