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Bug 300840 - sys-fs/mdadm-3.0 mentions -N in the man page, does does not accept it
Summary: sys-fs/mdadm-3.0 mentions -N in the man page, does does not accept it
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2010-01-13 14:45 UTC by DEMAINE Benoît-Pierre, aka DoubleHP
Modified: 2010-06-03 01:26 UTC (History)
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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.