Hello Stéphane, or anyone else affected, Accepted makedev into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedev/2.3.1-93ubuntu2~ubuntu16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: makedev (Ubuntu Yakkety) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to makedev in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1675163 Title: Don't attempt to create devices in LXC containers Status in makedev package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in makedev source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in makedev source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in makedev source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in makedev source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Status in makedev source package in Zesty: Fix Released Bug description: Right now the "makedev" postinst script will attempt to create a number of devices in /dev, failing the package upgrade should any of those mknod calls fail. LXC containers, especially unprivileged ones do not allow the use of mknod, making it impossible to upgrade makedev in those containers and preventing Ubuntu release upgrades. The fix is quite simple, detect that we are running in an LXC container and skip the rest of the postinst script as is done in a number of other cases. = SRU == Rationale This issue prevents release to release upgrades in unprivileged LXC containers when makedev is part of the upgraded set. This is currently visible when upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04. == Testcase Install the new package in an unprivileged container. With LXD, simply use "lxc launch ubuntu:<series> test" to create the container. Prior to this fix, the upgrade will fail on some mknod errors, after it, it'll go on after printing a message indicating that LXC was detected. == Regression potential The detection logic is based on PID 1's environment containing a container=lxc entry. If a non-LXC system somehow had that set, it'd lead to the makedev upgrade no longer creating extra devices. This is unlikely to really matter though since the system is clearly already functioning properly at that point. Similarly, some privileged LXC containers can be configured in a way where mknod is possible, this update will still disable the postinst for those cases as short of attempting every mknod ahead of time, there is no reliable way to detect any seccomp or apparmor policy in play. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedev/+bug/1675163/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
