diff -rN -up old-vgextend-restoremissing/lib/metadata/metadata.c new-vgextend-restoremissing/lib/metadata/metadata.c
--- old-vgextend-restoremissing/lib/metadata/metadata.c	2010-11-25 21:37:03.000000000 +0100
+++ new-vgextend-restoremissing/lib/metadata/metadata.c	2010-11-25 21:37:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -2613,6 +2613,14 @@ static void check_reappeared_pv(struct v
 {
 	struct pv_list *pvl;
 
+        /*
+         * Skip these checks in case the tool is going to deal with missing
+         * PVs, especially since the resulting messages can be pretty
+         * confusing.
+         */
+        if (correct_vg->cmd->handles_missing_pvs)
+            return;
+
 	dm_list_iterate_items(pvl, &correct_vg->pvs)
 		if (pv->dev == pvl->pv->dev && is_missing_pv(pvl->pv)) {
 			log_warn("Missing device %s reappeared, updating "