[Bug 2012676] Re: [BPO] nfs-utils/1:2.6.1-2ubuntu4 from kinetic

[Nathan A. Ferch]

Hi Mattia,

Thanks for the feedback and questions.

Some clarification:

1) I didn't provide any debdiffs because I didn't need to modify the
package. I'm happy to help with the maintenance but it would be probably
be better served with those with more cycles and experience, if they
deem it worth the effort.

2) Didn't include jammy since I didn't try and reproduce and it seemed
to be fixed with the version currently in jammy, 1:2.6.1-1ubuntu1. If
someone can verify that it's fixed with 1:2.6.1-1ubuntu1 then I don't
see any reason why that couldn't be backported instead.

3) Agreed, defer as to whether the effort is worth the benefit. Given
the lack of anyone else making noise being affected for how old the
package is, I suspect it is not.

4) Unaware of what machinations need to happen when a bug is fixed in a
replaced package. My quick and dirty backport worked for me but I'm
unaware of the other implications, my assumptions were that the standard
"Depends" semantics would work, but I think what you're saying is that
the bug should have been filed against the other package?

5) Defer to the package maintainers and those more familiar with the
use-cases and expectations are. My assumption was that much of this is
esoteric and poorly documented enough to require some degree of manual
care anyway, but what I'm hearing is that the risk of incompatibilities
from dropping in such a major bump outweighs the benefit of avoiding
requiring a manual rebuild.

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Title:
  [BPO] nfs-utils/1:2.6.1-2ubuntu4 from kinetic

Status in nfs-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in nfs-utils source package in Bionic:
  Incomplete
Status in nfs-utils source package in Focal:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * nfs-common has a bug which breaks uid mapping with Kerberos and NFS (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnfsidmap/+bug/1812280)
   * nfs-common 1.3.4 in focal is very old (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878601)

  [Scope]

   * Will backport 1:2.6.1-2ubuntu4 in kinetic to focal
   * Will backport 1:2.6.1-2ubuntu4 in kinetic to bionic if possible

  [Other Info]

   * Have built and tested the package manually in focal without any
  issues so far.

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