On Wed, 2024-07-03 at 09:53 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > Hi, > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:37:44AM +0200, Hristo Venev wrote: > > Package: nfs-kernel-server > > Version: 1:2.6.4-5 > > Severity: important > > X-Debbugs-Cc: hri...@venev.name > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > When updating nfs-kernel-server, /var/lib/nfs/etab is wiped, which > > results in all exports being removed until the NFS server is > > restarted. > > > > This is a major issue when `policy-rc.d` prohibits restarts, as in > > that > > case the restart does not happen automatically. It is also an issue > > when > > the policy permits restarts, as there still exists a time window > > during > > which all exported fileystems are missing. > > Files are not removed on 'upgrade', can you post the log where this > has happened to you? > > if [ "$1" != upgrade ] > then > rm -f /var/lib/nfs/etab \ > /var/lib/nfs/rmtab > fi > > I would like to understand how/when /var/lib/nfs/etab got removed on > your upgrade.
It gets wiped reliably on every reinstall of the package. The easiest way to observe is to: 1. Have a non-empty etab (so that it being wiped is easier to observe) 2. Set a `/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d` that prevents service restarts (`exit 101`) 3. Reinstall `nfs-kernel-server` 4. Observe the etab become empty, resulting in NFS exports not working anymore I believe this happens because the etab and rmtab are contained in the `.deb` package and are not marked as conffiles. > > Regards, > Salvatore
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