Bug#525579: fails with misleading error if it cannot write backup

[martin f krafft]

Package: lvm2
Version: 2.02.44-3
Severity: minor

If /etc happens to be read-only, almost every operation yields an
"error 5". This is misleading, and the error message should be
better. Also, I should be able to specify an alternate/more
appropriate location for the backup...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages lvm2 depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.9-7       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1           2:1.02.30-3 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  libreadline5                 5.2-4       GNU readline and history libraries
ii  lsb-base                     3.2-22      Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

Versions of packages lvm2 recommends:
ii  dmsetup                      2:1.02.30-3 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use

lvm2 suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information


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