This bug was fixed in the package zfs-linux - 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu26 --------------- zfs-linux (0.6.5.6-0ubuntu26) xenial; urgency=medium
* Fix error exit when using -t option (LP: #1769937) - Upstream ZFS fix 4ceb8dd6fdfd ("Fix 'zpool create -t <tempname>'") fixes error message and error exit when using the -t option when creating a pool. -- Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com> Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:16:47 +0100 ** Changed in: zfs-linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to zfs-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769937 Title: Error reported when creating ZFS pool with "-t" option, despite successful pool creation Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in zfs-linux source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Bionic: Fix Released Status in zfs-linux source package in Bionic: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Cosmic: Fix Released Status in zfs-linux source package in Cosmic: Fix Released Bug description: == SRU Justification, Xenial, Bionic == Bug: When creating a pool with the -t option on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, it will report an error and return a non-zero exit code, but the pool appears to be successfully created. For example: # zpool create -O canmount=off -O mountpoint=none -R /mnt/rpool-25582 -t rpool-25582 rpool /dev/mapper/loop2p1 cannot create 'rpool': no such pool or dataset # zpool list NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE EXPANDSZ FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT rpool-25582 69.5G 92.5K 69.5G - 0% 0% 1.00x ONLINE /mnt/rpool-25582 # zpool export rpool-25582 # zpool import rpool # zpool list NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE EXPANDSZ FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT rpool 69.5G 134K 69.5G - 0% 0% 1.00x ONLINE - I opened an upstream bug against ZFS on Linux, here: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/7502 And it has been recently fixed, here: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/pull/7509 Can this upstream fix be pulled into the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS packages? Thanks, Prakash == Fix == Upstream zfs commit 4ceb8dd6fdfd ("Fix 'zpool create -t <tempname>'") == Test == Without the fix, creating a pool with -t will show an error message such as: "cannot create 'rpool': no such pool or dataset" and will return an error number even though it successfully created the pool. With the fix, the error is not shown and it exits with 0. E.g. pool create -O canmount=off -O mountpoint=none -R /mnt/rpool-25582 -t rpool-25582 rpool /dev/mapper/loop2p1 cannot create 'rpool': no such pool or dataset == Regression Potential == Small. This is an upstream fix that is know to fix the error. There are no known subsequent changes to the fix hence suggesting it is a good fix. The change is very limited and testing shows it does not break any of the kernel team's ZFS regression testing. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1769937/+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