From: martin f. krafft Subject: Set /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf as primary config file location On Debian, the configuration file resides primarily in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf, /etc/mdadm.conf is only used as a backup. This is a Debian-specific patch. Forwarded: not-needed Reviewed-by: martin f. krafft --- Makefile | 4 ++-- ReadMe.c | 2 +- mdadm.8.in | 14 ++++++-------- mdadm.conf.5 | 2 +- mdassemble.8 | 2 +- 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config SYSCONFDIR = /etc -CONFFILE = $(SYSCONFDIR)/mdadm.conf -CONFFILE2 = $(SYSCONFDIR)/mdadm/mdadm.conf +CONFFILE = $(SYSCONFDIR)/mdadm/mdadm.conf +CONFFILE2 = $(SYSCONFDIR)/mdadm.conf MAILCMD =/usr/sbin/sendmail -t CONFFILEFLAGS = -DCONFFILE=\"$(CONFFILE)\" -DCONFFILE2=\"$(CONFFILE2)\" # Both MAP_DIR and MDMON_DIR should be somewhere that persists across the --- a/ReadMe.c +++ b/ReadMe.c @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ ; char Help_config[] = -"The /etc/mdadm.conf config file:\n\n" +"The /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf config file:\n\n" " The config file contains, apart from blank lines and comment lines that\n" " start with a hash(#), array lines, device lines, and various\n" " configuration lines.\n" --- a/mdadm.8.in +++ b/mdadm.8.in @@ -267,13 +267,13 @@ .TP .BR \-c ", " \-\-config= Specify the config file or directory. Default is to use -.B /etc/mdadm.conf +.B /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf and -.BR /etc/mdadm.conf.d , +.BR /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf.d , or if those are missing then -.B /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf +.B /etc/mdadm.conf and -.BR /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf.d . +.BR /etc/mdadm.conf.d . If the config file given is .B "partitions" then nothing will be read, but @@ -1888,9 +1888,9 @@ or requested with (a possibly implicit) .BR \-\-scan . In the later case, -.B /etc/mdadm.conf -or .B /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf +or +.B /etc/mdadm.conf is used. If @@ -3184,7 +3184,7 @@ is given in Misc mode, and to monitor array reconstruction on Monitor mode. -.SS /etc/mdadm.conf +.SS /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf (or /etc/mdadm.conf) The config file lists which devices may be scanned to see if they contain MD super block, and gives identifying information @@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@ .BR mdadm.conf (5) for more details. -.SS /etc/mdadm.conf.d +.SS /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf.d (or /etc/mdadm.conf.d) A directory containing configuration files which are read in lexical order. --- a/mdadm.conf.5 +++ b/mdadm.conf.5 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ .SH NAME mdadm.conf \- configuration for management of Software RAID with mdadm .SH SYNOPSIS -/etc/mdadm.conf +/etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .I mdadm --- a/mdassemble.8 +++ b/mdassemble.8 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ .SH FILES -.SS /etc/mdadm.conf +.SS /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf The config file lists which devices may be scanned to see if they contain MD super block, and gives identifying information