Public bug reported: [Overview]
We can generate HyperV Image Gallery builds for Eoan images with livecd- rootfs, but not for Bionic and Disco. These images are necessary for users to install Ubuntu on their Windows machines from the HyperV Image Gallery: https://ubuntu.com/blog/optimised-ubuntu-desktop-images-available-in- microsoft-hyper-v-gallery To support this, three commits need to be backported from ubuntu/master to ubuntu/disco and ubuntu/bionic: https://git.launchpad.net/livecd-rootfs/commit/?id=0e3b1e206b8ac24e22b49b40a0de1e16e3d412dd https://git.launchpad.net/livecd-rootfs/commit/?id=124d07410161427222c002bec023b7d2ca03a465 https://git.launchpad.net/livecd-rootfs/commit/?id=5a2b49950af9bf407b333363ea6a5488500fbcc4 [Test Case] These images can be built with the livecd-roottfs ubuntu/master branch by specifying the ubuntu project and the desktop-preinstalled subproject. For example (using the ubuntu-bartender helper script in ubuntu-old- fashioned [1]): ubuntu-old-fashioned/scripts/ubuntu-bartender/ubuntu-bartender -- --series eoan --project ubuntu --subproject desktop-preinstalled When backported, it's expected that these images can be built for both disco and bionic with the same parameters specified: ubuntu-old-fashioned/scripts/ubuntu-bartender/ubuntu-disco-bartender -- --project ubuntu --subproject desktop-preinstalled ubuntu-old-fashioned/scripts/ubuntu-bartender/ubuntu-bionic-bartender -- --project ubuntu --subproject desktop-preinstalled 1: https://github.com/chrisglass/ubuntu-old-fashioned [Regression Potential] The binary hook used to create the HyperV image is isolated and shouldn't affect other image builds; however, that hook depends on a symbolic link to a hook in the ubuntu-cpc project. There's a possibility of future breakage if the ubuntu-cpc project hook is modified without taking into account its use in multiple places. To enable the use of a symbolic link, some logic was changed in the live-build configuration script. Previously, all files were copied over as-is. Now, symbolic links in hook directories are dereferenced and turned into regular files. In practice, this should only have an affect on two files, and that affect should be safe: livecd-rootfs $ find . -type l -print | grep hooks ./live-build/ubuntu/hooks/033-disk-image-uefi.binary ./live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/all This may cause undesired behavior for other users of livecd-rootfs, though, that inject symbolic links into their hooks directory. ** Affects: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1837088 Title: Generate HyperV Image Gallery Builds in Bionic and Disco To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/livecd-rootfs/+bug/1837088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
