Public bug reported: I am requesting removal of the fsprotect source and binary packages from hirsute.
[ Package Description ] fsprotect is a tool which uses AUFS to create a root mount built from a read-only filesystem and a tmpfs. All changes to the root mount are written to the tmpfs, leaving the root filesystem in a pristine state. [ Rationale for Removal ] Ubuntu kernels no longer provide AUFS support starting in hirsute, breaking the functionality provided by this package. Similar functionality is available from systemd (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-volatile- root.service.html) and from the overlayroot package from cloud- initramfs-tools, both of which use the in-kernel overlay filesystem instead of AUFS. Additionally, upstream fsprotect has not seen any changes in 4+ years, and bugs opened in the upstream bug tracker have seen little-to-no activity in the same timeframe, so it's possible the project has been abandoned. No other packages in the archive have any dependencies on fsprotect. ** Affects: fsprotect (Ubuntu) Importance: High Assignee: Andy Whitcroft (apw) Status: Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1922732 Title: RM: Remove fsprotect binary and source packages from hirsute To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fsprotect/+bug/1922732/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
