Bug#557359: Can't detect multipath devices

[Guido Günther]

Hi Felix,
Thanks for the quick response.

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 07:04:42PM +0100, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> Looks like you forgot about 483971 and 442382.
> and maybe even others. Haven't looked this multipath issue now all up.
> But i remembered it was you who has interest in multipath support inside
> debian-installer and so grub2 too.
Nope, I didn't. This one is different as it breaks upgrades from
existing and supported installations.

> I'm a bit unsure if I should just merge this with 483971 or reassign at
> GRUB Legacy, where the dummy grub package still is, and add a debconf
> note that gets shown when multipath is detected and tells people to keep
> Legacy for now.
That would at least be a workaround.

> But it still looks like that you're the only one for whom multipath is
> important. (Well and Frans who considers this as a blocker, but it
> didn't block the switch to grub2 as default for d-i alpha1)
Don't think so. Multipath is run in "enterprise" environments where
people are much more conservative regarding upgrades. I'm starting to
get reports from etch->lenny upgrades so don't expect many others to
notice within the next year. 
Cheers,
 -- Guido