** Description changed:
- Currently, in Ubuntu 16.04, the package libnvpair1linux puts
- libnvpair.so.1 in /usr/lib/, however, tools like zpool and zfs which are
- installed in /sbin/ need this library. According to the FHS this means
- the required libraries should be in /lib/ in order to allow the user to
- install /usr/ on a separate partition that is not immediately available
- after boot.
+ [SRU JUSTIFICATION XENIAL]
+
+
+ Currently, in Ubuntu 16.04, the package libnvpair1linux puts libnvpair.so.1
in /usr/lib/, however, tools like zpool and zfs which are installed in /sbin/
need this library. According to the FHS this means the required libraries
should be in /lib/ in order to allow the user to install /usr/ on a separate
partition that is not immediately available after boot.
This turns out to be a problem indeed. On one of my systems I had /usr/
on a ZFS filesystem (and /, /lib/, /sbin/, /bin/ on a separate ext4
partition). However, the system failed to boot: it hung while mounting
the ZFS partitions which failed because zpool import didn't work as it
couldn't find libnvpair.so.1.
- $ apt-cache policy libnvpair1linux
+ $ apt-cache policy libnvpair1linux
libnvpair1linux:
- Installed: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
- Candidate: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
- Version table:
- *** 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9 500
- 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
- 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
- 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu8 500
- 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
+ Installed: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
+ Candidate: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
+ Version table:
+ *** 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9 500
+ 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
+ 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+ 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu8 500
+ 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
$ apt-cache policy zfsutils-linux
zfsutils-linux:
- Installed: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
- Candidate: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
- Version table:
- *** 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9 500
- 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
- 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
- 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu8 500
- 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
+ Installed: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
+ Candidate: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
+ Version table:
+ *** 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9 500
+ 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
+ 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+ 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu8 500
+ 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
+
+ [FIX]
+ Correctly set path by modifying the debian install files for the specific
libraries to match the correct settings found in releases after Xenial.
+
+ [TEST]
+ The path /usr/lib/ should no longer be populated with zfs libraries and
instead they are located after the fix in /lib as expected.
+
+ [REGRESSION POTENTIAL]
+ There could be other applications that are relying on the location of the
libraries and so moving them could break these. However, they should not be
using hard coded paths, so this regression is limited to badly coded
applications that I am not aware of.
+
+ The fix upgrade has been tested and double check with the ubuntu kernel
+ team ZFS regression tests without issue.
+
+
+ -------------
** Changed in: zfs-linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
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Title:
libnvpair.so.1 should be in /lib/, not /usr/lib/
Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in zfs-linux source package in Xenial:
In Progress
Status in zfs-linux source package in Zesty:
Fix Released
Status in zfs-linux source package in Artful:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[SRU JUSTIFICATION XENIAL]
Currently, in Ubuntu 16.04, the package libnvpair1linux puts libnvpair.so.1
in /usr/lib/, however, tools like zpool and zfs which are installed in /sbin/
need this library. According to the FHS this means the required libraries
should be in /lib/ in order to allow the user to install /usr/ on a separate
partition that is not immediately available after boot.
This turns out to be a problem indeed. On one of my systems I had
/usr/ on a ZFS filesystem (and /, /lib/, /sbin/, /bin/ on a separate
ext4 partition). However, the system failed to boot: it hung while
mounting the ZFS partitions which failed because zpool import didn't
work as it couldn't find libnvpair.so.1.
$ apt-cache policy libnvpair1linux
libnvpair1linux:
Installed: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
Candidate: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
Version table:
*** 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.6.5.6-0ubuntu8 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
$ apt-cache policy zfsutils-linux
zfsutils-linux:
Installed: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
Candidate: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9
Version table:
*** 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu9 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.6.5.6-0ubuntu8 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
[FIX]
Correctly set path by modifying the debian install files for the specific
libraries to match the correct settings found in releases after Xenial.
[TEST]
The path /usr/lib/ should no longer be populated with zfs libraries and
instead they are located after the fix in /lib as expected.
[REGRESSION POTENTIAL]
There could be other applications that are relying on the location of the
libraries and so moving them could break these. However, they should not be
using hard coded paths, so this regression is limited to badly coded
applications that I am not aware of.
The fix upgrade has been tested and double check with the ubuntu
kernel team ZFS regression tests without issue.
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