So it looks like the proposal here is to backport the impish version of crash back through focal, which means an upstream version bump. Resolving the issue in this way normally requires a documented special case to the SRU process[*], and I don't see one that includes the crash package.
I'd be supportive of such a special case for crash as this package usually needs updates to support new HWE kernels (same w/ makedumpfile) but, unless an ubuntu-sru-team members says differently, I think we need to go through that process first. Cascardo: would you mind drafting a special case page? Alternatively, we could investigate if there's a more surgical way to add support for the desired kernels to the crash version already in focal. [*] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Documentation_for_Special_Cases -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to crash in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1954815 Title: Support newer kernels Status in crash package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in crash source package in Focal: In Progress Status in crash source package in Hirsute: In Progress Status in crash source package in Impish: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Kernels newer than 5.4 cannot be analyzed using the crash tool from Focal. [Test case] Install a linux dbgsym package and run the command below, replacing vmlinux-5.11.0-1023-azure by the appropriate kernel debug file. crash /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-5.11.0-1023-azure /proc/kcore [Potential regression] crash might fail to work with older kernels, or some of its commands might not work anymore. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/crash/+bug/1954815/+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
