** Description changed:
[Impact]
Users upgrading from jammy to mantic will not have an mstflint-dkms package.
This will leave the mstflint-dkms package from jammy installed, which is
incompatible with the 6.5 kernel.
- The reason we ended up here was due to a bypass of the SRU process, described
here:
+ The mstflint 4.21 package in mantic includes the kernel module source - it
just doesn't build the mstflint-dkms package. The reason we ended up here was
due to a bypass of the SRU process, described here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mstflint/+bug/2051571/comments/1
+ mstflint 4.21's kernel source does not build with the 6.5 kernel in
+ mantic. For that we need the 4.26 source. I looked at backporting
+ src:mstflint 4.26 from noble in its entirety to resolve this issue, but
+ aborted after finding a backwards compatibility issue in the mstflint
+ deb (bug 2060026).
+
+ Instead, I'm looking to backport only the dkms changes from 4.26 into
+ 4.21.
+
+ Now, this may seem like a lot to do for an obscure package in an interim
+ release. But this is just a precursor to resolving bug 2051571 in jammy,
+ which I expect to be a simple backport of the mantic SRU to jammy.
+
[Test Case]
- mstflint-dkms installs in mantic and builds against the mantic kernel. Also,
mstflint-dkms/mantic upgrades cleanly from jammy.
+ - mstflint-dkms installs in mantic and builds against the mantic kernel.
+ - mstflint-dkms/mantic upgrades cleanly from jammy.
+ - mstflint-dkms/mantic upgrades cleanly to noble.
Regression test: compare the contents of the mstflint binary package
before/after, makes sure the file list matches and maintainer scripts
are equivalent.
[What Could Go Wrong]
- Introducing the mstflint-dkms package should carry a low regression risk
because the package does not already exist in mantic. However, the packaging
changes could introduce regressions in the other binary package, mstflint, if
they are buggy.
+ Introducing the mstflint-dkms package should carry a low regression risk
because the package does not already exist in mantic. However, the packaging
changes could introduce regressions in the other binary package, mstflint, if
they are buggy. The upstream version bump of the mstflint-dkms package needs to
be handled carefully, or we'll risk breaking
** Changed in: mstflint (Ubuntu Mantic)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: mstflint (Ubuntu Mantic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => dann frazier (dannf)
** Changed in: mstflint (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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