Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 2021-04-13

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libblockdev-2.25

Introduction to libblockdev

libblockdev is a C library supporting GObject Introspection for manipulation of block devices. It has a plugin-based architecture where each technology (like LVM, Btrfs, MD RAID, Swap,...) is implemented in a separate plugin, possibly with multiple implementations (e.g. using LVM CLI or the new LVM DBus API).

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

libblockdev Dependencies

Required

gobject-introspection-1.68.0, libbytesize-2.5, libyaml-0.2.4, parted-3.4, and volume_key-0.3.12

Optional

btrfs-progs-5.11.1, GTK-Doc-1.33.2, mdadm-4.1, dmraid, bcachefs, and ndctl

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libblockdev

Installation of libblockdev

Fix the usage of a glib function deprecated for security: 

sed 's/g_memdup/&2/' -i             \
    src/lib/plugin_apis/vdo.{c,api} \
    src/plugins/vdo.c

Install libblockdev by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --with-python3    \
            --without-gtk-doc \
            --without-nvdimm  \
            --without-dm      &&
make

This package does not come with a working test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: lvm-cache-stats
Installed Libraries: libbd_btrfs.so, libbd_crypto.so, libbd_fs.so, libbd_kbd.so, libbd_loop.so, libbd_lvm.so, libbd_lvm-dbus.so, libbd_mdraid.so, libbd_mpath.so, libbd_part.so, libbd_part_err.so, libbd_swap.so, libbd_utils.so, libbd_vdo.so, and libblockdev.so
Installed Directories: /etc/libblockdev, /usr/include/blockdev, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libblockdev

Short Descriptions

lvm-cache-stats

prints statistics on caches on LVM Logical Volumes

Last updated on 2021-04-12 00:35:02 -0500