Bug 300840

Summary:	sys-fs/mdadm-3.0 mentions -N in the man page, does does not accept it
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	DEMAINE Benoît-Pierre, aka DoubleHP <dhp_gentoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	10.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description DEMAINE Benoît-Pierre, aka DoubleHP 2010-01-13 14:45:55 UTC

uranus ~ # mdadm -A -Nswap
mdadm: invalid option -- 'N'
Usage: mdadm --help
  for help
uranus ~ # mdadm -A -N swap
mdadm: invalid option -- 'N'
Usage: mdadm --help
  for help
uranus ~ # man mdadm
uranus ~ # mdadm -A --name swap
mdadm: an md device must be given in this mode
uranus ~ # mdadm -A /dev/md3 --name swap
uranus ~ # mdadm -A /dev/md3 --name swap
uranus ~ # mdadm -A /dev/md3 -N swap
mdadm: invalid option -- 'N'
Usage: mdadm --help
  for help
uranus ~ #

Read man mdadm, and you will see that "-N" should be a valid option.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2010-06-03 01:26:52 UTC

current man page says that -N applies only to "create, build, or grow".  assemble is none of those, so rejecting -N is correct behavior.