** Description changed: [IMPACT] - * Previously 3 different versions of udev rules where installed into 4 + * Previously 3 different versions of udev rules where installed into 4 places (2 in the deb and 2 in the udeb) - * This causes confusion, as multiple mdadm rules are run. It is not + * This causes confusion, as multiple mdadm rules are run. It is not clear to the system administrator which udev rule to override in /etc/. It is even more confusing for remastering udebs, as different udev rule was needed to be overridden there. - * The solution is to use a single matching name udev rule in both deb and udeb - - * The upstream udev rule was chosen to be used as described in the bug 968074 + * The solution is to use a single matching name udev rule in both deb + and udeb - [TESTCASE] + * The upstream udev rule was chosen to be used as described in the bug + 968074 - * Unpack old deb and udeb into a temporary directory and execute a + [TESTCASE #1] + + * Unpack old deb and udeb into a temporary directory and execute a command similar to this: $ find quantal/ -name '*.rules' | xargs -L 1 md5sum - * Expected output is 4 files and 3 unique hashes + * Expected output is 4 files and 3 unique hashes - * Unpack new deb and udeb into a temporary directory and execute the + * Unpack new deb and udeb into a temporary directory and execute the same command: $ find precise-proposed/ -name '*.rules' | xargs -L 1 md5sum - * Expected output is 2 files with identical hashes + * Expected output is 2 files with identical hashes + + [TESTCASE #2] + + * With previous release DDF or IMSM RAID arrays are not assembled + * With new release they are assembled [Regression Potential] - * Same as in the bug 968074, the default udev rule has changed. Users + * Same as in the bug 968074, the default udev rule has changed. Users who relied on the previous, incomplete/broken, udev rules may be pleasantly surprised or annoyed that the udev rule name has changed to match the one of Debian and upstream. - * System administrators need to check their /etc/udev/rules.d/ to make + * System administrators need to check their /etc/udev/rules.d/ to make sure that (a) they do not override mdadm rules (b) if they do, check that those overrides are still needed (c) that the override is named to match the new udev rule name. [Other Info] - # Checksums and names of the old udev rules + # Checksums and names of the old udev rules $ find quantal/debian/ -name '*.rules' | xargs -L 1 md5sum e143161798744026d7e4aac78e0bfede quantal/debian/mdadm/lib/udev/rules.d/65-mdadm-blkid.rules 916ce910a5829a0026a5b8bb3861c935 quantal/debian/mdadm/lib/udev/rules.d/85-mdadm.rules 6df86db16655769fa94086d3ee13453a quantal/debian/mdadm-udeb/lib/udev/rules.d/64-md-raid.rules e143161798744026d7e4aac78e0bfede quantal/debian/mdadm-udeb/etc/udev/rules.d/65-mdadm-blkid.rules $ Checksum, name and locations of the new udev rule 6df86db16655769fa94086d3ee13453a sid/debian/mdadm/lib/udev/rules.d/64-md-raid.rules 6df86db16655769fa94086d3ee13453a sid/debian/mdadm-udeb/lib/udev/rules.d/64-md-raid.rules
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