Additionally, it seems like it isn't the first time Debian patched ebtables, thus Ubuntu package without submitting upstream.
Example : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813760 Zesty : libebtc.c:137:#define LOCKDIR "/run" libebtc.c:138:#define LOCKFILE LOCKDIR"/ebtables.lock" Zesty changelog : ... * Non-maintainer upload. ... * debian/patches/lockdirfix.patch: Move the lock file to /run instead of /var/lib/ebtables directory (Closes: #813760) ... -- Laurent Bigonville <bi...@debian.org> Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:29:39 +0100 Xenial : x/ebtables-2.0.10.4/libebtc.c:137:#define LOCKDIR "/run" x/ebtables-2.0.10.4/libebtc.c:138:#define LOCKFILE LOCKDIR"/ebtables.lock" ebtables git repo : Still point to "/var/lib/ebtables" for LOCKDIR, where debian changed it in 2016 to "/run". libebtc.c:137:#define LOCKDIR "/var/lib/ebtables" libebtc.c:138:#define LOCKFILE LOCKDIR"/lock" >From what I see Debian already abandonned to keep the ebtables project >maintainer in the loop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1645324 Title: ebtables: Lock file handling has races To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ebtables/+bug/1645324/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
