[Bug 1625947] [NEW] unsquashfs not restore file capabilities

[Roman Shipovskij]

Public bug reported:

~# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release:	16.04

~# apt-cache policy squashfs-tools
squashfs-tools:
  Installed: 1:4.3-3ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:4.3-3ubuntu2

unsquashfs not restore file capabilities

as result we have problems such as in bug report
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mtr/+bug/1542757

patch from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804194
solve this problem

** Affects: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Attachment added: "xattr.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1625947/+attachment/4744925/+files/xattr.patch

** Description changed:

+ ~# lsb_release -rd
+ Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
+ Release:	16.04
+ 
+ ~# apt-cache policy squashfs-tools
+ squashfs-tools:
+   Installed: 1:4.3-3ubuntu2
+   Candidate: 1:4.3-3ubuntu2
+ 
  unsquashfs not restore file capabilities
  
  as result we have problems such as in bug report
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mtr/+bug/1542757
  
  patch from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804194
  solve this problem

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to squashfs-tools in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1625947

Title:
  unsquashfs not restore file capabilities

Status in squashfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ~# lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  ~# apt-cache policy squashfs-tools
  squashfs-tools:
    Installed: 1:4.3-3ubuntu2
    Candidate: 1:4.3-3ubuntu2

  unsquashfs not restore file capabilities

  as result we have problems such as in bug report
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mtr/+bug/1542757

  patch from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804194
  solve this problem

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squashfs-tools/+bug/1625947/+subscriptions