Feature changed by: Dinar Valeev (k0da) Feature #309704, revision 4 Title: add libzypp capability to extend LVM on demand Hackweek V: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Dinar Valeev (k0da) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: - LVM is designed to mange your disks in flexible way. This means, - allocate and use only needed space. And keep unallocated space for - further tasks. + LVM (Logical Volume Manager) is designed to mange your disks in + flexible way. This means, allocate and use only needed space. And keep + unallocated space for further tasks. It would be great if libzypp can extend logical volume on demand (space required for package installation is already known) Scenario: 1)there are logical volumes within VolumeGroup (/var, /usr,/tmp) 2)VolumeGroup have free PhysicalEextents 3)logical volume have no free space for package install 4)Install package/packages which requires 12Mb in /tmp, 40Mb in /usr and 16Mb in /var 4)libzypp will extend logical volumes and file systems /tmp by 3 - Logical extend, /var by 10 le and var by 4le + Logical extend, /var by 10 Logical Extents and var by 4 Logical + Extents Discussion: #1: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-06-10 09:42:19) Layering violation. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309704