** Description changed: Scheduled-For: ubuntu-25.11 Ubuntu: 4.4-11ubuntu2 Debian Unstable: 4.4-13 A new release of mdadm is available for merging from Debian Unstable. If it turns out this needs a sync rather than a merge, please change the tagging from ['dcr-merge'] to ['dcr-sync'], and (optionally) update the title as desired. + *** FFE rationale *** + + The features introduced in the new version are minor enough to not + warrant major worry, and I believe having the latest and greatest + version can't hurt for an LTS. + + Furthermore this merge includes fixes to the test suite that allows us + to have improved test coverage to catch any regressions that may happen + in this package in the future. + + ### Upstream Changelog ### + + Features: + + Supports --logical-block-size in --create from Wu Guanghao + Create array with sync del gendisk mode from Xiao Ni + Update raid6check man page from Mingye Wang + Re-enable mdadm --monitor ... for /dev/mdX from Dr. Joachim Schneider + Use MAILFROM to set sendmail envelope sender address in mdmon from Martin Wilck + Don't stop array after creating it during assemble from Xiao Ni + Use kernel raid headers from Mariusz Tkaczyk + Allow RAID0 to be created with v0.90 metadata from NeilBrown + Optimize DDF header search for widely used RAID controllers from lilinzhe + Persist properties of MD devices after switch_root from Antonio Alvarez Feijoo + Refactor continue_via_systemd() to make it more readable from Mateusz Kusiak + Remove --freeze-reshape logic in reshape from Mateusz Kusiak + Simplify remove logic in Incremental from Mariusz Tkaczyk + + Fixes: + + Fix crash with homehost=none in super1 from Martin Wilck + Moves memory management into Assemble to avoid null pointer dereference from Xiao Ni + Wait a while before removing a member in Incremental from Xiao Ni + Some memleak issues from Wu Guanghao + Fix memleak in udev from Mariusz Tkaczyk + Support non-absolute name during monitor scan from QRPp + Mdcheck fix and improvment from Martin Wilck + Remove POSIX check for name from Mariusz Tkaczyk + Enable udev block for Incremental/Assemble to avoid race condition from Nigel Croxon + Fix buiding errors from Xiao Ni + Use standard libc nftw from Xiao Ni + Allow any valid minor number in md device name from Martin Wilck + Fix RAID0 to RAID10 migration for imsm array from Blazej Kucman + Don't set badblock flag when adding a new disk from Wu Guanghao + Regression tests fix from Xiao Ni + Fix metadata corruption when managing new imsm array from Junxiao Bi + Add update_super in ddf to prevent crash when assembling ddf array from lilinzhe + Disable legacy option ROM scan on UEFI machines for imsm array from Ross Lagerwall + Add sbin path to env PATH to avoid command modprobe can't be found from Coly Li + Add xmalloc.h to raid6check.c to fix building error from Xiao Ni + Do not start reshape before switchroot from Mateusz Kusiak + ### New Debian Changes ### mdadm (4.5-5) sid; urgency=medium - * Updating watch file to version 5. - * Cherry-picking patch from upstream to fix probing non-DDF which in - turns fixes timeouts in dracut tests, thanks to Benjamin Drung - <[email protected]> for reporting (Closes: #1128401). + * Updating watch file to version 5. + * Cherry-picking patch from upstream to fix probing non-DDF which in + turns fixes timeouts in dracut tests, thanks to Benjamin Drung + <[email protected]> for reporting (Closes: #1128401). - -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:45:48 +0100 + -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:45:48 +0100 mdadm (4.5-4) sid; urgency=medium - * Always including efivarfs to have generic initramfs, thanks to Roland - Clobus <[email protected]> (Closes: #1114521). + * Always including efivarfs to have generic initramfs, thanks to Roland + Clobus <[email protected]> (Closes: #1114521). - -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:17:16 +0100 + -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:17:16 +0100 mdadm (4.5-3) sid; urgency=medium - * Cherry-picking patch from upstream to load md_mod first before setting - module parameter legacy_async_del_gendisk (Closes: #1125390). + * Cherry-picking patch from upstream to load md_mod first before setting + module parameter legacy_async_del_gendisk (Closes: #1125390). - -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:56:52 +0100 + -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:56:52 +0100 mdadm (4.5-2) sid; urgency=medium - * Adding Chinese (simplified) debconf translations from Yangfl - <[email protected]> (Closes: #1124731). - * Adding Chinese (traditional) debconf translations from Yangfl - <[email protected]> (Closes: #1124731). + * Adding Chinese (simplified) debconf translations from Yangfl + <[email protected]> (Closes: #1124731). + * Adding Chinese (traditional) debconf translations from Yangfl + <[email protected]> (Closes: #1124731). - -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:34:33 +0100 + -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:34:33 +0100 mdadm (4.5-1) sid; urgency=medium - * Updating to standards version 4.7.3. - * Wrap and sorting debian files. - * Merging upstream version 4.5. - * Updating years in copyright for 2026. - * Refreshing randomize-timers.patch. - * Removing xmalloc-ftbfs.patch, included upstream. - * Removing monitor-nonabsolute-devnames.patch, included upstream. - * Removing monitor-memory-leak.patch, included upstream. - * Removing manpage-remove-bitmap.patch, included upstream. + * Updating to standards version 4.7.3. + * Wrap and sorting debian files. + * Merging upstream version 4.5. + * Updating years in copyright for 2026. + * Refreshing randomize-timers.patch. + * Removing xmalloc-ftbfs.patch, included upstream. + * Removing monitor-nonabsolute-devnames.patch, included upstream. + * Removing monitor-memory-leak.patch, included upstream. + * Removing manpage-remove-bitmap.patch, included upstream. - -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:27:28 +0100 + -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:27:28 +0100 mdadm (4.4-14) sid; urgency=medium - * Removing rules-requires-root, not needed anymore. - * Adding updated Swedish debconf translations from Martin Bagge - <[email protected]> (Closes: #1121992). - * Adding updated Catalan debconf translations from Carles Pina i Estany - <[email protected]> (Closes: #1117573). + * Removing rules-requires-root, not needed anymore. + * Adding updated Swedish debconf translations from Martin Bagge + <[email protected]> (Closes: #1121992). + * Adding updated Catalan debconf translations from Carles Pina i Estany + <[email protected]> (Closes: #1117573). - -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:32:47 +0100 + -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:32:47 +0100 mdadm (4.4-13) sid; urgency=medium - * Adding patch from QRPp <[email protected]> to fix fails - with with relative ARRAY devnames (Closes: #1114744). - * Adding patch from Peter Mann <[email protected]> to fix memory leak in - mdadm --monitor --scan (Closes: #1115497). - * Adding updated Italian debconf translations from Luca Monducci - <[email protected]> (Closes: #1114858). - * Removing in initramfs hook a reference to old documentation file - removed by upstream, thanks to Lionel Elie Mamane <[email protected]> - (Closes: #1112392). + * Adding patch from QRPp <[email protected]> to fix fails + with with relative ARRAY devnames (Closes: #1114744). + * Adding patch from Peter Mann <[email protected]> to fix memory leak in + mdadm --monitor --scan (Closes: #1115497). + * Adding updated Italian debconf translations from Luca Monducci + <[email protected]> (Closes: #1114858). + * Removing in initramfs hook a reference to old documentation file + removed by upstream, thanks to Lionel Elie Mamane <[email protected]> + (Closes: #1112392). - -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:20:58 +0200 + -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:20:58 +0200 mdadm (4.4-12) sid; urgency=medium - * Removing old link to git.debian.org in README.recipes. - * Correcting wrong file reference in README.recipes. - * Adding updated Portuguese debconf translations from Américo Monteiro - <[email protected]> (Closes: #1107438). + * Removing old link to git.debian.org in README.recipes. + * Correcting wrong file reference in README.recipes. + * Adding updated Portuguese debconf translations from Américo Monteiro + <[email protected]> (Closes: #1107438). - -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:12:40 +0200 - + -- Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:12:40 +0200 ### Old Ubuntu Delta ### mdadm (4.4-11ubuntu3) resolute; urgency=medium - * No-change mass rebuild for Ubuntu 26.04 (LP: #2132257) + * No-change mass rebuild for Ubuntu 26.04 (LP: #2132257) - -- Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:27:16 + -- Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:27:16 +0100 mdadm (4.4-11ubuntu2) questing; urgency=medium - * Rebuild to include updated RISC-V base ISA RVA23 + * Rebuild to include updated RISC-V base ISA RVA23 - -- Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Aug + -- Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:24:13 +0000 mdadm (4.4-11ubuntu1) questing; urgency=medium - * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #2111802). Remaining changes: - - Ship a finalrd hook. - * Dropped Changes: - - Mount efivarfs during initramfs boot phase: - + Add a initramfs-tools script to mount the efivarfs during the - initramfs boot phase - (debian/local/initramfs-tools/init-top/00_mount_efivarfs) - [Fixed in 4.4-11] + * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #2111802). Remaining changes: + - Ship a finalrd hook. + * Dropped Changes: + - Mount efivarfs during initramfs boot phase: + + Add a initramfs-tools script to mount the efivarfs during the + initramfs boot phase + (debian/local/initramfs-tools/init-top/00_mount_efivarfs) + [Fixed in 4.4-11] - -- Pragyansh Chaturvedi <[email protected]> Tue, 27 + -- Pragyansh Chaturvedi <[email protected]> Tue, 27 May 2025 17:43:50 +0530
** Summary changed: - Merge mdadm from Debian Unstable for resolute + [FFE] Merge mdadm from Debian Unstable for resolute -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2130173 Title: [FFE] Merge mdadm from Debian Unstable for resolute To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/2130173/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
