Hello, I was quickly checking if I could help preparing the upgrade of IPRoute2 packages for Noble (before the final freeze).
In short, IPRoute2 has Ubuntu specific modifications. The merge was not difficult, the code is there: https://code.launchpad.net/~matttbe/ubuntu/+source/iproute2/+git/iproute2/+ref/merge- lp2051672-noble But then, I realised that the 6.8 Linux kernel in Noble no longer includes Ubuntu FAN support. We could then drop these Ubuntu specific patches and sync with Debian. Andrea Righi mentioned this on IRC: > ubuntu-fan has been temporarily dropped from the noble kernel (see the discourse post https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introducing- kernel-6-8-for-the-24-04-noble-numbat-release), we're still trying to figure out if there are still some users that rely on this feature, if not we can definitely sync with Debian & upgrade Because the situation is still unknown, it might be good to continue to merge IPRoute2 with the version from Debian. In this case, please use the version I shared here above. I understand that we might be short on time, but it might be good if someone from the Kernel Packages team could have a look at this :) That would help to support networking features added in Kernel >6.1! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to iproute2 in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: iproute2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2051672 Title: Merge iproute2 with the latest Debian version: 6.8.0-1 from testing/unstable (main) Status in iproute2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: A few versions have been released and Ubuntu Noble still has the 6.1 version (6.1.0-1ubuntu2) from one year ago. Could it be possible to import the latest version from Debian unstable fixing a bunch of issues and supporting features from more recent kernels? Please note that Ubuntu Noble 24.04 will probably be shipped with the v6.8 kernel [1]. IPRoute v6.1 supports features added up to the v6.1 kernel, so missing the ones added to earlier versions. Switching to the v6.7 now should ease the upgrade to the v6.8 later. [1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introducing-kernel-6-8-for- the-24-04-noble-numbat-release/41958 Upstream ChangeLog: - 6.2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230220105811.674bd304@hermes.local/ - 6.3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230427090253.7a92616b@hermes.local/ - 6.4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230626093137.2f302acc@hermes.local/ - 6.5: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230906093918.394a1b1d@hermes.local/ - 6.6: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231106090325.07092c87@hermes.local/ - 6.7: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240108094709.050e22bc@hermes.local/ - 6.8: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240311094432.16bf9516@hermes.local/ (Previous changelog: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/?q=s%3A%22%5BANNOUNCE%5D+iproute2%22+AND+NOT+s%3A%22Re%3A%22 ) ChangeLog from Debian: iproute2 (6.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium [ Ceppo ] * Update Italian po-debconf translation (Closes: #1063002) [ Luca Boccassi ] * Add build dependency on libnsl-dev (Closes: #1065214) * Switch to pkgconf * Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.8.0' * Drop 0002-ss-show-extra-info-when-processes-is-not-used.patch, merged upstream * Drop iproute2-doc package * Drop tc/m_xt.so and tc/m_ipt.so, removed upstream -- Luca Boccassi <> Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:02:38 +0000 iproute2 (6.7.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Backport fix for 'ss' output -- Luca Boccassi <> Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:24:29 +0000 iproute2 (6.7.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Add Italian debconf translation (Closes: #1056582) * Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.7.0' * Bump copyright year ranges in d/copyright * Drop 0002-Revert-Makefile-ensure-CONF_USR_DIR-honours-the-libd.patch, merged upstream * Default config files moved from /usr/lib to /usr/share -- Luca Boccassi <> Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:47:59 +0000 iproute2 (6.6.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.6.0' * Backport patch to fix configuration installation * Remove handling of qt_atm.so, dropped upstream -- Luca Boccassi <> Sun, 05 Nov 2023 22:46:20 +0000 iproute2 (6.5.0-5) unstable; urgency=medium * Use dh-sequence-movetousr -- Luca Boccassi <> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:24:01 +0100 iproute2 (6.5.0-4) unstable; urgency=medium * postinst: handle legacy config files only when upgrading from previous versions that shipped them * postinst: ensure that locally modified legacy config files are preserved as overrides on upgrade (Closes: #1051577) * Note configuration files location changes in NEWS -- Luca Boccassi <> Sat, 16 Sep 2023 18:58:51 +0100 iproute2 (6.5.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium * Remove further leftovers as part of upstream's move of config to /usr (Closes: #1051577) -- Luca Boccassi <> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:42:12 +0100 iproute2 (6.5.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Add maintscript to remove conffiles that upstream has moved to /usr (Closes: #1051577) -- Luca Boccassi <> Sun, 10 Sep 2023 21:28:28 +0100 iproute2 (6.5.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium [ Luca Boccassi ] * Use wildcard for Lintian overrides [ Peter Kvillegård ] * Add Swedish translation of debconf messages (Closes: #1050442) [ Luca Boccassi ] * Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.5.0' * Use cap_bpf instead of cap_sys_admin for ip vrf-exec * Package-provided config files are now shipped in /usr/iproute2 instead of /etc/iproute2 -- Luca Boccassi <> Sat, 09 Sep 2023 16:32:54 +0100 iproute2 (6.4.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Fix patch header Forwarded field * Enable ELF metadata stamping * Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.4.0' * Update Lintian overrides -- Luca Boccassi <> Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:16:40 +0100 iproute2 (6.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Drop obsolete conflicts/replaces * Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/6.3.0' -- Luca Boccassi <> Tue, 13 Jun 2023 23:49:37 +0100 iproute2 (6.1.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium * Ensure 'ip mo' resolves to 'ip monitor' (Closes: #1036534) -- Luca Boccassi <> Mon, 22 May 2023 14:19:52 +0100 iproute2 (6.1.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Add Romanian language translation for debconf (Closes: #1031917) * Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.2, no changes * Bump d/copyright year range -- Luca Boccassi <> Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:46:35 +0000 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iproute2/+bug/2051672/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
