Bug#1030113: bullseye-pu: package openvswitch/2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u2

[Thomas Goirand]

Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: bullseye
User: release.d...@packages.debian.org
Usertags: pu

Dear Stable release team,

We would like to fix https://bugs.debian.org/1008684.
Michael Prokop found the matching patch, and we would like to
apply it to Bullseye.

[ Reason ]
As per #1008684, restarting OVS in Bullseye makes the computer
loose network.

[ Impact ]
Any further update to OVS may be very annoying for OVS users,
as a reboot may be necessary to restore network connectivity.

[ Tests ]
The package runs unit tests at build time, for both the normal
and the DPDK flavor of OVS.

[ Risks ]
The patch is minimalistic, and the issue well understood upstream.
The patch is also present in all subsequent version of OVS released
by upstream, so it's rather safe, IMO.

[ Checklist ]
[x] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog
[x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
[x] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable
[x] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable

[ Changes ]
* Just the patch as per:
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/bc0aa785a83c11dab482b3e20736b969174d9f86

* Blacklisting one unit test (on all arch) that failed during
the build. That's the changes inside debian/rules, removing
527 from the list. Note that this is very common with OVS, as many
tests are time sensitive, and often are flacky and unreliable. I've
already blacklisted a lot of unit tests, this is just one more...
If the stable release team feels like it's best to leave d/rules
as-is, I can revert that, and we can give-back the package to the
buildd if that unit test fails, but I'd prefer blacklisting it.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)

[Michael Prokop]

* Thomas Goirand [Tue Jan 31, 2023 at 09:26:16AM +0100]:

> We would like to fix https://bugs.debian.org/1008684.
> Michael Prokop found the matching patch, and we would like to
> apply it to Bullseye.
>
> [ Reason ]
> As per #1008684, restarting OVS in Bullseye makes the computer
> loose network.

[...]

> [ Changes ]
> * Just the patch as per:
> https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/bc0aa785a83c11dab482b3e20736b969174d9f86

I hereby confirm that this patch fixes the issue. We've verified
this several times and I would like to express my urge and +1 to
get this fixed in bullseye. I'm aware of several users who also ran
into this problem already.

Thanks Thomas for taking care of the upload!

regards
-mika-

[Adam D. Barratt]

Control: tags -1 + confirmed

On Tue, 2023-01-31 at 09:26 +0100, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> We would like to fix https://bugs.debian.org/1008684.
> Michael Prokop found the matching patch, and we would like to
> apply it to Bullseye.
>
> [ Reason ]
> As per #1008684, restarting OVS in Bullseye makes the computer
> loose network.
>
> [ Impact ]
> Any further update to OVS may be very annoying for OVS users,
> as a reboot may be necessary to restore network connectivity.

Please go ahead.

Regards,

Adam

[Adam D Barratt]

package release.debian.org
tags 1030113 = bullseye pending
thanks

Hi,

The upload referenced by this bug report has been flagged for acceptance into the proposed-updates queue for Debian bullseye.

Thanks for your contribution!

Upload details
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Package: openvswitch
Version: 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u3

Explanation: fix "openvswitch-switch update leaves interfaces down"