[Bug 1992358] Re: Invalid option in RPCNFSDCOUNT causes nfsconvert.py error

[Andreas Hasenack]

The correct fix would be for /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server to have
RPCNFSDOPTS exposed in it, as an empty string, and a comment saying what
it is for. Changing that in a stable release is suboptimal, because it
can very easily lead to a dpkg conf prompt during the upgrade and we
tend to avoid triggering those whenever possible. We would then also
have to update the md5sums[1] we check for in jammy and later...


1. https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/tree/debian/nfs-common.postinst?h=ubuntu/jammy-devel#n29

** Summary changed:

- existing 20.04  nfs-kernel-sever default which did not convert
+ Invalid option in RPCNFSDCOUNT causes nfsconvert.py error

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Title:
  Invalid option in RPCNFSDCOUNT causes nfsconvert.py error

Status in nfs-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I got install conversion errors until I read your very kind  note on
  upgrading to jammy and discovered that this config file was the
  problem:

  john at Nvidia:/etc/default$ cat nfs-kernel-server

  # Number of servers to start up
  RPCNFSDCOUNT="-V 2 8"

  # Runtime priority of server (see nice(1))
  RPCNFSDPRIORITY=0

  # Options for rpc.mountd.
  # If you have a port-based firewall, you might want to set up
  # a fixed port here using the --port option. For more information, 
  # see rpc.mountd(8) or http://wiki.debian.org/SecuringNFS
  # To disable NFSv4 on the server, specify '--no-nfs-version 4' here
  RPCMOUNTDOPTS="-V 2 --manage-gids"

  # Do you want to start the svcgssd daemon? It is only required for Kerberos
  # exports. Valid alternatives are "yes" and "no"; the default is "no".
  NEED_SVCGSSD=""

  # Options for rpc.svcgssd.
  RPCSVCGSSDOPTS=""

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