[lvm-devel] --alloc seems to be ignored by lvextend

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 03:01:39PM -0700, ben wrote:
> bedroom:~/stuff# lvextend --alloc anywhere --size +1g  newvg/test
> It is still "normal" here:
>   test newvg -wn-a- 2.00g                                      
 
That's correct:
   lvchange changes the default value for that LV permanently.
   - That is what lvs displays.
   With lvextend, you are just overriding that default for the single command.

Alasdair