156009 2006-11-23 02:10 0000 genkernel should check that /etc/lvm/lvm.conf is valid before merging it to initrd 2007-04-05 15:00:59 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED InSVN P2 normal --- 1 betelgeuse@gentoo.org genkernel@gentoo.org betelgeuse@gentoo.org 2006-11-23 02:10:45 0000 I recently stumbled onto a problem where I had typoed my lvm.conf in the chroot. When booting the machine I found out that genkernel happily used my typoed lvm.conf in the initrd. You can use lvm dumpconfig to detect if lvm.conf is valid. rj ~ # lvm dumpconfig Parse error at line 79: expected a value Failed to load config file /etc/lvm/lvm.conf rj ~ # echo $? 255 rj ~ # lvm dumpconfig devices { dir="/dev" scan="/dev" filter="r|/dev/cdrom|" cache="/etc/lvm/.cache" write_cache_state=1 sysfs_scan=1 md_component_detection=1 } activation { missing_stripe_filler="/dev/ioerror" reserved_stack=256 reserved_memory=8192 process_priority=-18 mirror_region_size=512 mirror_log_fault_policy="allocate" mirror_device_fault_policy="remove" } global { umask=63 test=0 activation=1 proc="/proc" locking_type=1 locking_dir="/var/lock/lvm" } shell { history_size=100 } backup { backup=1 backup_dir="/etc/lvm/backup" archive=1 archive_dir="/etc/lvm/archive" retain_min=10 retain_days=30 } log { verbose=0 syslog=1 overwrite=0 level=0 indent=1 command_names=0 prefix=" " } rj ~ # echo $? 0 wolf31o2@gentoo.org 2006-12-13 09:23:51 0000 Ehh... ok... got a patch? wolf31o2@gentoo.org 2007-03-14 01:30:04 0000 OK, I think I've fixed this in subversion/3.4.7_pre5 wolf31o2@gentoo.org 2007-04-05 15:00:59 0000 This is fixed in genkernel 3.4.7 which is now in the tree.