On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 11:13:52 (-0400), Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/12/2022 12:55 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 01:15:47 (+0200), Tom Lew wrote: > > > This is my first post, bear with me.. > > > > > > Package "grub-xen-host" shipped with point release 11.5 broke all PV > > > domains on my Xen server, after "apt upgrade" from 11.4. > > > > > > I found https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1017944 > > > exactly mirroring my situation, and I wonder whether this can be fixed > > > for other users in any (fast) way, upfront other users doing apt > > > upgrade on their Xen hosts? > > > > > > My workaround for this ATM: install and pin previous grub-xen-host > > > (grub-xen-host_2.04-20_amd64.deb, grub-xen-bin_2.04-20_amd64.deb, > > > grub-common_2.04-20_amd64.deb). Probably the wrong way to fix it, but > > > works for me so far(TM). > > > > > > In case this should be reported or added to something somewhere, > > > please let me (a Debian bug reporting newbie) know. > > > > I would imagine a fix could follow quite quickly as it only requires > > rebuilding with a filename added to a list of files not to have > > their symbols stripped (or reverting the compatibility level change). > > The patch to fix the bug with the dh_strip override was identified six days > ago > in the bug report by a user, yet AFAICT the grub maintainers have not even > acknowledged the existence of this bug yet to those who have contributed > to the bug report on BTS. So I do not expect a fix very soon.
I don't see why: I see Steve's post from several hours ago. > The grub maintainers > do not have the time or interest to fix it. Perhaps the Xen users could try to > convince the Xen maintainers to do an nmu to fix it if the grub maintainers > continue to ignore the bug, but I don't know if that breaks the etiquette that > governs such things in the world of Debian developers - I am just a Debian > user. There seems to be some attitude here. > > AFAICT apt-listbugs would have reported this to you before > > the upgrade of grub-xen-host took place, as someone had reported > > it on 22 Aug. So it might be worth installing apt-listbugs. Cheers, David.